New White Loft & Palm Room at Lumiere London Old Street

Two floors, two moods, one connected hire. The New White Loft sits on the third floor of Lumiere London’s Underwood Works — 2,092 square feet of bright, clean space flooded with natural light through large windows. Directly below on the second floor, the Palm Room shifts the register entirely: muted greys and greens, lush planting, soft translucent curtains, and fitted seating that makes it feel like stepping into a different building. Together they handle 300 standing, around 230 theatre-style, or 160 in cabaret layout. Separately, the White Loft takes 130 standing and the Palm Room around 100–120. The pairing works because the contrast is deliberate. Main session upstairs, breakout below. Presentations in the Loft flowing into Palm Room networking. Awards with a separate pre-drinks space already dressed and ready. The lift and stairs between second and third floors keep movement easy, and the dual-space setup solves the problem that defeats most single-room hires: how to shift energy between stages of the day without moving furniture mid-event.

The White Loft at Lumiere London

The blank canvas reputation is earned. White walls, clean sightlines, and enough natural daylight to shoot product photography without supplementary lighting — though full AV and screen are included when you need them. The aesthetic is functional as much as it is attractive: product launches get uncluttered visuals, fashion presentations gain sightlines, and filming crews find a space that simplifies rather than complicates their lighting setup. At 130 standing or 120 theatre, it handles mid-scale corporate events without feeling cavernous. Hybrid event production and live streaming capability is built in, which matters increasingly for conferences where a portion of the audience dials in. State-of-the-art AV equipment comes as standard across both spaces, with screens and tables and chairs included in the hire.

The Palm Room at Lumiere London

Where the Loft is bright and minimal, the Palm Room is soft and warm. The grey-green palette and translucent curtains diffusing natural light create a space that genuinely calms — useful for registration, networking breaks, or private dining where the atmosphere does some of the hosting work. White flooring and ceiling keep it airy despite the softer tones, and the fitted soft seating means you’re not starting from an empty shell. Standalone, the Palm Room works for intimate events up to around 100–120 standing or 70–90 cabaret. It’s a strong fit for creative workshops, team-building sessions, or smaller corporate dinners where the setting contributes more than a generic function room would.

Multi-Format Events at Underwood Works

The real value of this combination is format flexibility. A conference that needs a main stage and a breakout room. A product launch where guests arrive into the Palm Room for drinks, then move upstairs for the reveal. A hackathon where different floors host different stages of the programme. The two-floor layout makes multi-stage events feel designed rather than improvised. Both spaces are fully DDA compliant, with two passenger lifts and wheelchair-friendly facilities throughout the building. Air conditioning is standard across both floors. On-request services extend to event photography, filming, and VR activities — extras that suit the creative and tech audience the Old Street location naturally attracts.

Old Street Location and Lumiere London Access

Six minutes on foot from Old Street station puts this hire in London’s creative-tech corridor — a neighbourhood that lends credibility to agency presentations, industry events, and brand activations targeting digitally-native audiences. The building is fully DDA compliant with lift access to all floors and a cargo lift for production load-in. External catering is permitted alongside Lumiere London’s in-house offering, with a per-head surcharge for outside caterers — check the current rate when booking. Extended hours beyond the standard hire are charged hourly for the combined spaces. The venue sits within the wider Underwood Works building, which houses six distinct spaces across three floors — so if the brief grows, there’s room to expand into the Victorian Loft, The Chalet, La Galeria, or The Studio without changing address. The Bronze Winner at the 2021 London Venue Awards, Lumiere London’s Old Street site has built its reputation on design-led spaces that work harder than generic function rooms — each room conceived as a distinct environment rather than a partition of something larger.