A unique house in Belgravia; Zaha Hadid’s only residential project in the UK.
Client: Private
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Value: Undisclosed
![Grosvenor Crescent Mews exterior](https://www.mhastructuraldesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/28102021ZahaHadidGCM00636©Luke-Hayes-scaled-e1698329992562.jpg)
![Grosvenor Crescent Mews exterior close up](https://www.mhastructuraldesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/170620ZahaHadidGCM142©Luke-Hayes-scaled-e1698330053323.jpg)
There were multiple structural engineering challenges on this new-build mews house. In many ways the project may be seen as a test-bed and prototype for advanced construction technology.
One key feature of the structure is exemplary fair-faced in-situ concrete finishes, quite possibly the best quality ever achieved in the UK and a result of close collaboration and positive team working with the architect, contractor and engineer. The concrete incorporates a high proportion of UK sourced GGBS cement replacement to reduce embodied carbon. The slabs incorporate heating and cooling pipework.
Other features include a robot-built perforate brick façade, an ultra-high strength concrete scissor stair, walk on rooflights supported by fluvial fabricated steel beams and acrylic balustrades.
![Grosvenor Crescent Mews concrete detail](https://www.mhastructuraldesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/28102021ZahaHadidGCM00280©Luke-Hayes-scaled-e1698329604478.jpg)
![Grosvenor Crescent Mews construction](https://www.mhastructuraldesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20151211_091504.jpg)