Skyroom by David Kohn

The Skyroom is a new rooftop venue to host events programmed by the Architecture Foundation and realized by Lake Estates. Sitting above their offices on Tooley Street, the structure offers a range of rooms, both covered and open to the sky, for different occasions and uses ranging from lectures and performances to dinner parties and sun-bathing. The project opened to coincide with London Design Week on 20^th September 2010.
The project features a central courtyard open to the sky, framing the rising form of The Shard being built high above London Bridge Station. A balcony cantilevered over Tooley Street offers breathtaking views through the More London development to the Thames and the Tower of London beyond.

Constructed of white steel, stainless steel, copper mesh panels and a material developed by NASA to create enclosures on the moon, ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) cushions cover certain parts of the enclosure, while the courtyard area is left open to the sky.