{"id":11026,"date":"2026-01-13T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/bureau-de-change-enlivens-trace-apartment-block-with-pink-waste-based-panels\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:34:00","slug":"bureau-de-change-enlivens-trace-apartment-block-with-pink-waste-based-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/bureau-de-change-enlivens-trace-apartment-block-with-pink-waste-based-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureau de Change enlivens Trace apartment block with pink waste-based panels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studio Bureau de Change<\/a>\u00a0has updated a 1980s apartment<\/a> block in London<\/a>, revitalising its facade with pink concrete<\/a> panels made from demolition waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Trace, the building in Euston was revamped for developer HGG<\/a> to provide five apartments across its six storeys, which include two floors added as part of the project.<\/p>\n

Bureau de Change<\/a> sought to reuse as much of the existing structure as possible, retaining the building’s original foundations and primary structure, and using bricks from its original facade to create a new frontage of glass-reinforced concrete panels.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Bureau de Change\u00a0has updated a 1980s apartment block in London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The existing building was clad with ’80s red brick, so we felt that retaining a reference to that would be fitting for the new building,” studio co-founder Billy Mavropoulos told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“We collected the facade demolition material \u2013 brick and mortar \u2013 and we crushed it down to a maximum six-millimetre-thick aggregate,” Mavropoulos added.<\/p>\n

“That was then reconstituted in the new panels we cast for the new facade.”<\/p>\n

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The building was renewed and extended with two additional floors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The concrete panels, which were hand-cast individually, are organised across the exterior in a gridded pattern that ranges from a reddish to pale pink shade.<\/p>\n

They are set off by dark-framed, arched windows at each level and a matching top-floor extension.<\/p>\n