The Cube's cedar-clad courtyard elevation and mesh-balustraded balconies in the building's original form

Residential remediation

The Cube, Wenlock RoadRoof, cladding & balcony remediationHoxton · London N1

Dmitro Facades delivered a roof, cladding and balcony-remediation package at The Cube, replacing the original cedar-clad envelope pictured here with a Sto insulated render system, through an occupied-building programme for Regal London.

01 · The Cube's original cedar-clad elevation, before Dmitro's remediation.

At a glance

Package: Roof, cladding & balcony remediation
Client: Regal London
Location: Hoxton · London N1
Programme: 2019 to 2022
Building: 10-storey occupied residential

Dmitro Facades delivered a roof, cladding and balcony-remediation package at The Cube, a Hawkins\Brown-designed, cedar-clad residential building on Wenlock Road, Hoxton, completed in 2015. Working through an occupied-building programme from 2019 to 2022 for client Regal London, Dmitro Facades replaced the original cedar cladding with a Sto insulated render system, waterproofed balconies and terraces, and applied passive-fire protection to structural steel from level 6 to the ground.

Close view of The Cube's black-brick portal frame holding cedar-clad balcony volumes at an angle

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The black-brick frame and cedar-clad balconies that gave the elevation its geometry.

Low-angle view of The Cube's cedar-clad upper storeys and balconies against a blue sky

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The cedar-clad upper storeys against the sky, before the remediation replaced them.

The Cube's ten-storey elevation lit at dusk, every balcony and window glowing, in its original cedar-clad form

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A ten-storey remediation, delivered around residents living in every home.

Dmitro Facades replaced the cedar-clad envelope with a Sto insulated render system, working around an occupied building of around 50 homes, 2019 to 2022.

View from a balcony over The Cube's internal courtyard, cedar-clad wings arranged around a shared garden

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A private balcony overlooking The Cube's internal courtyard, before the remediation replaced its cedar cladding.

Delivered in the remediation

01Sto insulated render system with mineral-wool insulation, replacing the original cedar cladding
02Axter balcony and terrace waterproofing, with leak testing and cast-iron rainwater goods
03FIRETEX FX1003 intumescent coating to structural steel, level 6 to ground, 90-minute fire resistance
04Roof upstands, PMMA detailing and interfaces with the green-roof planters

On Regent's Canal, Hoxton

The Cube sits on Wenlock Road beside Regent's Canal in Hoxton, its cedar-clad wings arranged around internal courtyards and a landscaped ground-floor walkway. These are the site conditions Dmitro Facades' remediation crews worked around throughout the 2019 to 2022 programme.

The Cube's cedar-clad wing reflected in Regent's Canal, beside a moored boat and the towpath — The Cube seen across Regent's Canal, its cedar-clad wing beside the towpath.

Upward view through The Cube's courtyard opening, the black-brick portal frame crossing overhead against a hazy sky — Looking up through one of the building's courtyard openings, the black-brick frame crossing overhead.

The Cube's black-brick ground floor and glazed undercroft, beside a landscaped path on Wenlock Road — The building's black-brick base and glazed ground floor, beside the landscaped path on Wenlock Road.

Delivered around an occupied building

Scaffold access designed around residents and businesses in daily use.

The remediation ran through a technically demanding, occupied-building environment. Artel Scaffolding's access design included a pedestrian gantry maintaining resident and commercial access throughout, further scaffold for the roof works, and a cantilever arrangement serving the south elevation, all responding to the building's restricted residual loading capacity.

The original instruction, issued before Grenfell, was to remove and replace the cedar cladding like-for-like. After scaffold went up, the specification changed to a rendered finish, and Dmitro Facades delivered the Sto insulated render system that replaced it across the elevations.

View from a private balcony at The Cube over the City of London skyline, including 30 St Mary Axe

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A private balcony on the upper storeys, looking out over the City of London skyline.

Unfurnished living space inside The Cube opening onto a balcony with the London skyline beyond

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The same apartment, its living space opening onto the balcony.

The original elevation

Before Dmitro Facades' remediation replaced it, The Cube's original envelope was clad in cedar boarding within a black-brick frame, arranged around internal courtyards. These views, including a 2017 street-level photograph, show that original form for context.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing in The Cube's ground-floor space, looking onto a landscaped courtyard — The Cube's ground-floor space, glazed to a landscaped courtyard, in the building's original form.

Tight upward view of The Cube's cedar-clad balconies against a blue sky corner — A close view of the cedar cladding and balcony geometry that Dmitro's remediation later replaced.

Upward street-level view of The Cube's cedar-clad elevation, photographed in March 2017 — The cedar-clad elevation photographed from street level in March 2017.

The Cube, reclad by Dmitro Facades.

Wenlock Road, Hoxton, London N1

Client: Regal London
Delivered by: Dmitro Facades Ltd
Fire protection subcontractor: GBS Fire Protection Ltd
Balcony waterproofing system: Axter

Photography: Engenuiti (context image, original building)

Part of: Remediation packages across London