Cadence

Cadence is a landmark mixed-use ‘courtyard tower,’ comprising 113 market and 50 affordable dwellings above a base of commercial and social spaces. Framing the axis of Lewis Cubitt Park, the quietly flamboyant building reinforces King’s Cross’ identity with its distinctive deep-orange brick palette and idiosyncratic arched language, which define both its base and upper stories.

Designed as a six-sided perimeter block with two towers rising 12 and 16 storeys, Cadence serves as a civic frame for the adjacent public realm. Its animated silhouette marks a new threshold to the King’s Cross neighborhood from the north. Responding to its axial park frontage, the building’s stepped form maximizes desirable corner units and enhances access to nature through multiple roof terraces.

Inspired by the historic arches of nearby St Pancras Station, Cadence reinterprets these forms with contemporary Bezier curves of varying heights and widths. This choreographed composition of arches creates a three-dimensional, picturesque sequence – unfolding first as glimpses and then as an immersive spatial and material experience.