Ilona Rose House: Electrical Shell & Core

Built upon the former site of the famous Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road and just around the corner from newly redeveloped Tottenham Court Road station, Ilona Rose House is a new 13-storey mixed-use development purposely built to meet the individual needs of Soho Estates’ tenants.

Ilona Rose House is a truly unique addition to Soho and sets itself apart from London’s landscape with its unique design which boasts glass reinforced concrete cladding, patinated brass and rose-patterned pale pink and cantilevered façade. Aiming to anchor the film and creative industries in Soho, the building provides bespoke technical spaces and studios as well as providing high-quality office space, shops and restaurants, an art gallery, nightclub as well as 8 residential apartments and a rooftop terrace.

Gratte Brothers Limited was appointed to provide the electrical shell and core services package which achieved practical completion three days early by Sir Robert McAlpine and Soho Estates. The installation included works across 4 levels of basement, eight above ground floors and the roof level which housed the major plant equipment.

The package delivered transformers, generator, bus bar risers for tenants and landlord areas, lighting control and emergency lighting, fire detection and alarm equipment, distribution boards and switches, medium-low and high voltage switchboards and all associated design, logistics and commissioning work associated.

Gratte Brothers was also responsible for installing the building’s solar farm which consisted of 355W photovoltaic panels across 223m2 of the building’s roof area, providing an estimated 42,948kwh of electricity per annum. In addition to this environmental credential, Ilona Rose House was also recognised as the first building in London to use a minimum of 75% recycled aluminium in its façade, producing a saving of 326 tonnes of CO2 emissions.