diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/components/app-layout/app-layout.component.html b/demo-shell/src/app/components/app-layout/app-layout.component.html
index 0aafef8cfc..e8f6c6fe4d 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/components/app-layout/app-layout.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/components/app-layout/app-layout.component.html
@@ -2,31 +2,29 @@
 
     <adf-sidenav-layout-header>
         <ng-template let-toggleMenu="toggleMenu">
-            <mat-toolbar color="primary" class="adf-app-layout-toolbar mat-elevation-z6">
-                <button mat-icon-button (click)="toggleMenu()" *ngIf="!hideSidenav">
-                    <mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>
-                </button>
+            <adf-layout-header title="{{ 'APP_LAYOUT.APP_NAME' | translate}}" color="primary" (clicked)=toggleMenu($event)>
 
-                <span fxFlex="1 1 auto" fxShow fxHide.lt-sm="true">{{'APP_LAYOUT.APP_NAME' | translate }}</span>
+            <div class="adf-app-layout-menu-spacer"></div>
 
-                <div class="adf-app-layout-menu-spacer"></div>
+            <app-search-bar fxFlex="0 1 auto"></app-search-bar>
 
-                <app-search-bar fxFlex="0 1 auto"></app-search-bar>
+            <div class="adf-header-delimiter"></div>
 
-                <adf-userinfo
-                    class="adf-app-layout-user-profile"
-                    [menuPositionX]="'before'"
-                    [menuPositionY]="'above'">
-                </adf-userinfo>
+            <adf-userinfo
+                class="adf-app-layout-user-profile"
+                [menuPositionX]="'before'"
+                [menuPositionY]="'above'">
+            </adf-userinfo>
 
-                <app-theme-picker></app-theme-picker>
-                <button mat-icon-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="langMenu">
-                    <mat-icon>language</mat-icon>
-                </button>
-                <mat-menu #langMenu="matMenu" class="adf-menu">
-                    <adf-language-menu></adf-language-menu>
-                </mat-menu>
-            </mat-toolbar>
+            <app-theme-picker></app-theme-picker>
+            <button mat-icon-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="langMenu">
+                <mat-icon>language</mat-icon>
+            </button>
+            <mat-menu #langMenu="matMenu" class="adf-menu">
+                <adf-language-menu></adf-language-menu>
+            </mat-menu>
+
+            </adf-layout-header>
         </ng-template>
     </adf-sidenav-layout-header>
 
diff --git a/demo-shell/src/assets/logo.png b/demo-shell/src/assets/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d342b10ee0
Binary files /dev/null and b/demo-shell/src/assets/logo.png differ
diff --git a/docs/core/header.component.md b/docs/core/header.component.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3203299d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/core/header.component.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+Added: v2.4.0
+Status: Experimental
+---
+
+## Header component 
+
+Reuseble header for Alfresco applications
+
+## Basic usage
+
+```html
+<adf-layout-header 
+    title="title" 
+    logo="logo.png" 
+    color="primary"
+    (toggled)=toggleMenu($event)>
+
+    <app-search-bar fxFlex="0 1 auto"></app-search-bar>
+    <app-theme-picker></app-theme-picker>
+<adf-layout>
+```
+
+## Class members
+
+### Properties
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| -- | -- | -- |
+| title | string |  Title of the application
+| logo | string| Path to an image file for the application logo.
+| color | string | Primary color for the header
+| showSidenavToggle | boolean | Signals if the sidenav button will be displayed in the header or not. By default is true.
+
+### Events
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| -- | -- | -- |
+| clicked | [`EventEmitter`](https://angular.io/api/core/EventEmitter)`<boolean>` | Emitted when click on sidenav button
+
+## Details
+This component displays a customizable header which can be reused. The left side of the header (title, button) and the primary color for the header can be configured via input parameters. 
+
+The right part of the header are existing components which are transcluded in the header component. 
diff --git a/lib/core/assets/images/logo.png b/lib/core/assets/images/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d342b10ee0
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/core/assets/images/logo.png differ
diff --git a/lib/core/core.module.ts b/lib/core/core.module.ts
index 568d50240f..d51059b806 100644
--- a/lib/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/lib/core/core.module.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { ToolbarModule } from './toolbar/toolbar.module';
 import { UserInfoModule } from './userinfo/userinfo.module';
 import { ViewerModule } from './viewer/viewer.module';
 import { FormModule } from './form/form.module';
-import { SidenavLayoutModule } from './sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.module';
+import { SidenavLayoutModule } from './layout/layout.module';
 import { CommentsModule } from './comments/comments.module';
 import { ButtonsMenuModule } from './buttons-menu/buttons-menu.module';
 import { TemplateModule } from './templates/template.module';
diff --git a/lib/core/index.ts b/lib/core/index.ts
index a7c994c411..23669abccf 100644
--- a/lib/core/index.ts
+++ b/lib/core/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export * from './collapsable/index';
 export * from './card-view/index';
 export * from './app-config/index';
 export * from './form/index';
-export * from './sidenav-layout/index';
+export * from './layout/index';
 export * from './comments/index';
 export * from './buttons-menu/index';
 export * from './sorting-picker/index';
diff --git a/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.html b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9704290267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<mat-toolbar color="{{color}}">
+    <button *ngIf="showSidenavToggle" class="mat-icon-button adf-menu-icon" mat-icon-button (click)="toggleMenu()">
+        <mat-icon class="mat-icon material-icon" role="img" aria-hidden="true">menu</mat-icon>
+    </button>
+
+    <img src="{{logo}}" class="adf-app-logo">
+
+    <span fxFlex="1 1 auto" fxShow fxHide.lt-sm="true" class="adf-app-title">{{title}}</span>
+    <ng-content></ng-content>
+</mat-toolbar>
+
diff --git a/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.scss b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..357c9888d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+@mixin  adf-header-layout-theme($theme) {
+    $primary: map-get($theme, primary);
+    $accent: map-get($theme, accent);
+    $background: map-get($theme, background);
+
+    adf-layout-header .mat-toolbar-single-row {
+
+        color: mat-color($primary, default-contrast) !important;
+        position: relative;
+        padding: 0 24px 0 0;
+
+        .adf-menu-icon {
+            position: relative;
+            margin-left: 14px;
+        }
+
+        .adf-app-logo {
+            position: relative;
+            height: 28px;
+            width: 28px;
+            margin-right: 6px;
+            margin-left: 3px;
+        }
+
+        .adf-header-delimiter {
+            height: 24px;
+            width: 2px;
+            background-color: mat-color($primary, default-contrast);
+            margin-right: 16px;
+        }
+
+        .adf-app-layout-user-profile {
+            margin-right: 16px;
+        }
+
+        .adf-userinfo-container {
+            flex-direction: row;
+            padding: 0;
+        }
+
+        .adf-userinfo-name{
+            padding-right: 8px;
+        }
+
+        @media screen and ($mat-xsmall) {
+            .adf-app-logo,
+            .adf-app-title {
+                display: none;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.spec.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d95747a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HeaderLayoutComponent } from './header.component';
+import { setupTestBed } from '../../../testing/setupTestBed';
+import { CoreTestingModule } from '../../../testing/core.testing.module';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { LayoutModule } from '../..';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { MaterialModule } from './../../../material.module';
+
+describe('HeaderLayoutComponent', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<HeaderLayoutComponent>;
+    let component: HeaderLayoutComponent;
+
+    describe('Input parameters', () => {
+        setupTestBed({
+            imports: [CoreTestingModule]
+        });
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            fixture = TestBed.createComponent(HeaderLayoutComponent);
+            component = fixture.componentInstance;
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+            fixture.destroy();
+        });
+
+        it('should create instance of HeaderLayoutComponent', () => {
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance instanceof HeaderLayoutComponent).toBe(true, 'should create HeaderLayoutComponent');
+        });
+
+        it('title element should been displayed', () => {
+            const titleElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.adf-app-title'));
+            expect(titleElement === null).toBeFalsy();
+        });
+
+        it('should show TEST TITLE', () => {
+            component.title = 'TEST TITLE';
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const titleElement = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.adf-app-title');
+            expect(titleElement.innerText).toEqual('TEST TITLE');
+        });
+
+        it('color attribute should be present on mat-toolbar', () => {
+            component.color = 'primary';
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const toolbar = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('mat-toolbar');
+            expect(toolbar.getAttribute('ng-reflect-color') === null).toBeFalsy();
+            expect(toolbar.getAttribute('ng-reflect-color')).toEqual('primary');
+        });
+
+        it('should display the img element with the expected src if a logo path is set', () => {
+            component.logo = 'logo.png';
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const logo = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.adf-app-logo');
+            const src = logo.getAttribute('src');
+            expect(logo === null).toBeFalsy();
+            expect(src).toEqual('logo.png');
+        });
+
+        it('test click on sidenav button', () => {
+            component.showSidenavToggle = true;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            spyOn(component.clicked, 'emit');
+            const button = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.adf-menu-icon');
+
+            button.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'));
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(component.clicked.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+        });
+
+        it('if showSidenavToggle is false the button menu should not be displayed', () => {
+            component.showSidenavToggle = false;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const button = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.adf-menu-icon');
+            expect(button === null).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('Template tranclusion', () => {
+
+        @Component({
+            selector: 'adf-test-layout-header',
+            template: `<adf-layout-header title="test" color="primary"><p>Test text<p></adf-layout-header>`
+        })
+        class HeaderLayoutTesterComponent {}
+
+        beforeEach(async(() => {
+            TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+              declarations: [HeaderLayoutTesterComponent],
+              imports: [ LayoutModule, MaterialModule ]
+            })
+            .compileComponents();
+          }));
+
+        it('should transclude the provided nodes into the component', () => {
+            const hostFixture = TestBed.createComponent(HeaderLayoutTesterComponent);
+            hostFixture.detectChanges();
+            const innerText = hostFixture.nativeElement.querySelector('mat-toolbar>p').innerText;
+            expect(innerText).toEqual('Test text');
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2828955f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/layout/components/header/header.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Component, Input, Output, EventEmitter, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+    selector: 'adf-layout-header',
+    templateUrl: './header.component.html',
+    styleUrls: ['./header.component.scss'],
+    encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
+    host: { 'class': 'adf-layout-header' }
+})
+
+export class HeaderLayoutComponent {
+
+    @Input() title: string;
+    @Input() logo: string = '../assets/logo.png';
+    @Input() color: string;
+    @Input() showSidenavToggle: boolean = true;
+    @Output() clicked = new EventEmitter<any>();
+
+    toggleMenu() {
+        this.clicked.emit(true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.html b/lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.html
rename to lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.html
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.scss b/lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.scss
rename to lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.scss
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.html b/lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.html
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.html
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.scss b/lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.scss
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.scss
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.spec.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.spec.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.spec.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.html b/lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.html
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.html
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.scss b/lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.scss
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.scss
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.spec.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.spec.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.spec.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.ts b/lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-content.directive.ts b/lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-content.directive.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-content.directive.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-content.directive.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-header.directive.ts b/lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-header.directive.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-header.directive.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-header.directive.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-navigation.directive.ts b/lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-navigation.directive.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/directives/sidenav-layout-navigation.directive.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/directives/sidenav-layout-navigation.directive.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/helpers/animations.ts b/lib/core/layout/helpers/animations.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/helpers/animations.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/helpers/animations.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/index.ts b/lib/core/layout/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/index.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/index.ts
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.module.ts b/lib/core/layout/layout.module.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.module.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/layout.module.ts
index c2e34236e3..22a696f809 100644
--- a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.module.ts
+++ b/lib/core/layout/layout.module.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { SidenavLayoutComponent } from './components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layo
 import { LayoutContainerComponent } from './components/layout-container/layout-container.component';
 import { SidebarActionMenuComponent, SidebarMenuDirective,
     SidebarMenuExpandIconDirective, SidebarMenuTitleIconDirective } from './components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component';
-
+import { HeaderLayoutComponent } from './components/header/header.component';
 @NgModule({
     imports: [
         CommonModule,
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ import { SidebarActionMenuComponent, SidebarMenuDirective,
         SidebarActionMenuComponent,
         SidebarMenuDirective,
         SidebarMenuExpandIconDirective,
-        SidebarMenuTitleIconDirective
+        SidebarMenuTitleIconDirective,
+        HeaderLayoutComponent
     ],
     declarations: [
         SidenavLayoutHeaderDirective,
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ import { SidebarActionMenuComponent, SidebarMenuDirective,
         SidebarActionMenuComponent,
         SidebarMenuDirective,
         SidebarMenuExpandIconDirective,
-        SidebarMenuTitleIconDirective
+        SidebarMenuTitleIconDirective,
+        HeaderLayoutComponent
     ]
 })
-export class SidenavLayoutModule {}
+export class LayoutModule {}
+export { LayoutModule as SidenavLayoutModule };
diff --git a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/public-api.ts b/lib/core/layout/public-api.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from lib/core/sidenav-layout/public-api.ts
rename to lib/core/layout/public-api.ts
index 300a5ec5b5..880bafe4ab 100644
--- a/lib/core/sidenav-layout/public-api.ts
+++ b/lib/core/layout/public-api.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 
 export * from './components/sidenav-layout/sidenav-layout.component';
 
-export * from './sidenav-layout.module';
+export * from './layout.module';
diff --git a/lib/core/styles/_index.scss b/lib/core/styles/_index.scss
index 98dfbb42b7..b6177709dd 100644
--- a/lib/core/styles/_index.scss
+++ b/lib/core/styles/_index.scss
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
 @import '../viewer/components/txtViewer.component';
 @import '../viewer/components/imgViewer.component';
 @import '../form/components/form.component';
-@import '../sidenav-layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component';
+@import '../layout/components/sidebar-action/sidebar-action-menu.component';
 @import '../comments/comment-list.component';
 @import '../comments/comments.component';
-@import '../sidenav-layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component';
+@import '../layout/components/layout-container/layout-container.component';
 @import "../templates/empty-content/empty-content.component";
 @import "../templates/error-content/error-content.component";
 @import "../buttons-menu/buttons-menu.component";
+@import '../layout/components/header/header.component';
 
 @mixin adf-core-theme($theme) {
     @include adf-colors-theme($theme);
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
     @include adf-empty-content-theme($theme);
     @include adf-error-content-theme($theme);
     @include adf-buttons-menu-theme($theme);
+    @include adf-header-layout-theme($theme);
 }