The transformation of King’s Cross continues with the opening of MYO King’s Cross, a flexible workspace designed by SODA Studio for property developer Landsec. The project spans three existing buildings – Printworks, Glasshouse, and the Grade II-listed Stables – to form a cohesive campus for workspaces, wellbeing, and events.
These buildings have been reconfigured into design-led offices and amenity spaces tailored to businesses of all sizes. Each workspace features modular layouts and removable partitions, allowing companies to scale up or down.
SODA Studio faced a challenge due to the different architectural characters of the buildings, which date back to 1895.
Will Browne, associate at SODA Studio, notes that uniting the buildings was a key objective, with the goal of creating a unified, campus-type feel.
Browne says reconfiguring the arrival points to centre around Trematon Walk was the first step, so the user journey would pass through a centralised route rather than approaching all buildings separately. The introduction of a cantilevered stair across three floors in the centre of the plan helps to bring users into the middle of the building, encouraging interaction.
They introduced communal areas, featuring meeting rooms, breakout zones, and tea points, creating a focal point for all building users, promoting collaboration and community.
Wellness plays a significant role at MYO King’s Cross, with the lower-ground floor dedicated to a fully equipped gym, yoga studio, and wellness rooms. Innovative external lightwells channel daylight deep into the lower space, creating a unique and peaceful environment.
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It has a rooftop bar and communal terrace, offering stunning views of the surrounding area. The Stables, built in 1856, have been sensitively reworked to retain their characterful traces of the past, including a rare horse staircase and original ironmongery.
The building has been reimagined as a new events and cultural venue, with a distinctive element being its collaboration with Central Saint Martins’ Material Futures course. This partnership explores sustainable approaches to design and reuse, with materials stripped from the original buildings being creatively reworked by emerging designers.
Discarded materials have been transformed into unique features, such as sculptural stools and coffee tables made from reimagined plasterboard, and decorative tables formed from a tough new material dubbed ‘hyper wood’. Old ceiling tiles have been transformed into table lamps, showcasing the creative potential of reuse and recycling.
The collaboration with Central Saint Martins will extend into an ongoing seasonal rotation of student artwork, further solidifying MYO King’s Cross as a hub for creativity and innovation.
Russell Potter, director at SODA, notes, “Our ambition was to design something that responds to the way people want to work today, which is flexible, wellness-focused, and rooted in its local area.”
MYO King’s Cross is more than just a workspace – it’s a living part of the King’s Cross neighbourhood, grounded in its history but built for the future. Find out more about MYO and their workspace locations here.
