The brief for this project is for the demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site for residential use in a high-quality building, with a lower ground floor and one level of basement (for on-site parking) and five floors above, including ground floor. The façade is layered, and each apartment is to have some external space, in the form of balconies and loggias. The setting for the building along both street frontages is to be of soft landscaping to enhance the architecture. The overall form and footprint of the new building along Wellington Road aims to establish a much better formal relationship with the adjacent sites than exists at present. Whereas as present the existing building on the south side buts right up to No. 26, with no clear delineation between the two, the new building is set back from the shared boundary by approximately 5m. On the north side, the new building is also set back from the boundary with Reynolds House. The intention is to create a garden setting for the building, with the garden itself mediating between the building itself and Wellington Road. Thus the spatial sequence from inside to outside is living space – loggia – garden – pavement - road. The Cochrane Street building is of brick construction, to reflect its immediate context. The scale and rhythm of the new building here establishes something of a conversation with Cochrane Court to the immediate south, and we have included block-bonded string-courses to reflect the detailing of Cochrane Court. We are proposing Roman bricks, as these provide a more elegant proportion than standard UK bricks. Their horizontal emphasis also compliments the 1930’s styling of Cochrane Close. The facade is designed around a sequence of three projecting bays, providing external spaces for each of the apartments in this building. The building is set back from the property line, to reflect the general property line along the west side of Cochrane Street, and in order to create an area along the pavement for soft landscaping.