Notting Hill Gate South Block – Squire & Partners

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Notting Hill Gate South Block

Kensington and Chelsea, London

This project involved a comprehensive review of three adjacent sites in Notting Hill Gate, with proposals to refurbish and extend the existing building stock to provide over 87,000 sqft of new modern office and retail spaces.

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This project involved a comprehensive review of three adjacent sites in Notting Hill Gate, with proposals to refurbish and extend the existing building stock to provide over 87,000 sqft of new modern office and retail spaces.

Squire & Partners’ designs respect the prevalent 1950s international style – a key component of the local character and history of Notting Hill Gate – and aim to sensitively integrate new and existing built elements.

A family of contemporary stone framed buildings featuring chamfered windows and prominent upper floors underline the strong horizontal emphasis of the existing streetscape, which includes the RIBA Award winning brutalist Czech and Slovak embassies.

Animation is introduced through a series of coloured bands inspired by Kensington Gardens, Holland Park and Portabello Market, as well as the more decorative architecture of nearby Leighton House and Debenham House.

In order to bring some of the vibrancies of Portobello Market and Hillgate Village into Notting Hill Gate, we used the eclectic colour palette from the houses behind the site to inform that of the glass panels on the South Block.

Project team

Client Frogmore Estates

Structural Engineer Elliott Wood
M&E Consultant Peter Deer and Associates
Planning Consultant Gerald Eve
Quantity Surveyor Quantem Consulting
Contractor Iconic

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Awards

2020 finalist
AJ Retrofit Awards
2020 finalist
NLA Awards
2020 finalist
Blueprint Awards
2020 finalist
BD Refurbishment Architect of the Year
2020 finalist
Structural Timber Awards

Sustainability

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