Our Story
who are we?
ARK is a coworking space in the heart of Kings Cross with community and collaboration at its core
We have lovingly restored an old church hall to create a vibrant coworking space for creatives, social enterprises and startups. Too many people are stuck working from impersonal coffee shops, shouty campuses or in the isolation of their bedrooms.
We think there is a better way.
ARK provides an affordable alternative: a social enterprise that understands that community is just as important as productivity.
It all started when…
ARK’s story begins with TENT
When Kings Cross Church was given a disused office block in 2013 a couple from the church, Simon and Laura Willows, had the vision to create a community for coworkers in the space. Restoring old furniture and welcoming the local freelance community to work from TENT, the space flourished with creatives from all walks of life.
From TENT came ARK coworking, in 2016 we took on an old Victorian apartment building which was our home for six years, becoming a vibrant community of freelancers, remote workers, start-ups, social enterprises and charities.
In 2022 we moved into an old church hall on Carnegie Street, our current location. We restored it into a new home for our coworkers, and now welcome ARK members old and new to the ARK community.
The ARK Team, Gav, Nick and Philippa