The intriguing 8 Bleeding Heart Yard in London began with the goal of optimizing the size of a commercial development. On behalf of its client, Seaforth Land, who wanted to create a hybrid office and commercial building, the Amin Taha–led studio Groupwork convinced the local planning authority that a bland 1960s office building, in a jewelry district, could be expanded to better fill its lot. To accomplish this, the London-based architects used a historical survey of the site and surrounding buildings, undertaken in 1968 before many were demolished, to show that the previous architecture occupied larger footprints and extended to greater heights. Groupwork also demonstrated how they would preserve and enlarge the existing building.
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