This design for an atrium reception and upgraded office accommodation was an exercise in simplifying, opening up and re-organising to craft a new clarity and generosity within the space. The refurbishment and new build includes 17,600 square feet of office accommodation, ground and lower ground floor retail units and three small light industrial units. The value of street-facing retail accommodation within the shopping districts of Mayfair required that the office reception be located internally. This has been opened to the building’s central lightwell, creating a dramatically-lit new space.

2007
Location
Westminster, London
Cost
£2.7 Million
Client
Great Portland Estates plc
Architects
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Quantity Surveyors
Jackson Coles
Project Managers
Jackson Coles
Planning Supervisor
Jackson Coles
Structural Engineer
Adams Kara Taylor
M+E Engineer
Ernest Griffiths & Son
Planning Consultant
Montagu Evans
Fire Consultants
Warrington Fire
Rights of Light Surveyor/Party Wall Surveyor
Malcolm Hollis
Approved Inspector
BRCS (Building Control) Ltd
Acoustic Consultant
Alan Saunders Associates

Allford
Hall
Monaghan
Morris