Largest Passivhaus Retrofit for London School of Economics
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Source: Planning, Building & Construction Today
McLaren Construction has secured a £100 million contract to retrofit and extend an existing 1950s building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The project includes demolishing the top three floors and roof-plant enclosure and replacing them with a cross-laminated timber extension, increasing the building size from 9,856 sq m to 11,848 sq m. Th
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Planning, Building & Construction Today
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Description | McLaren Construction has secured a £100 million contract to retrofit and extend an existing 1950s building at 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The project includes demolishing the top three floors and roof-plant enclosure and replacing them with a cross-laminated timber extension, increasing the building size from 9,856 sq m to 11,848 sq m. The retrofit aims to be the largest Passivhaus retrofit building in the UK, incorporating strategies to reduce embodied carbon and recycling original building materials. |
Original sector | Built Environment |
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Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
State | England |
City | London |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial |
Article published date | 2025-09-16 |
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