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Next phase in Queensway regeneration project receives planning permission
The next phase in the £3bn redevelopment of Queensway, Bayswater has been confirmed with planning approval for ‘The William’, a major new mixed-use development set to transform the northern end of the central London high street. Designed by architecture
practice Foster + Partners, The William will deliver six floors of Grade A ofice space spanning 90,000 sq ft alongside 21,000 sq ft of shops and 32 new homes. Work is
due to start on site in 2023, with completion expected in 2026. The William is named after
William Whiteley, the eponymous founder of the famous Whiteleys department store, which sits directly opposite on Queensway and is itself also being transformed by Foster + Partners into The Whiteley, allowing one design vision to reign. Completing in 2024, The Whiteley will offer 139 unique, high specification residences, 20 new
shops, cafes and restaurants, a cinema, a large-scale gym, and London’s first and flagship Six Senses hotel and spa with 110 rooms, 14 branded residences and members’ wellness club. The William will be constructed
using cross-laminated timber, making it one of London’s largest timber developments in the works as well as Foster + Partners’s first timber ofice building in the UK.
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Grade-1 listed Royal Exchange is transformed into new hospitality venue
South London based Studio Found has designed and delivered a new premium 7,000 sq ft drinking and dining destination, The Libertine, in the heart of the City of London. The project sees the historic,
Grade-1 listed underground vaults of The Royal Exchange transformed over the last three years into a spacious bar and restaurant, and is the second project between Studio Found and Incipio Group, who own and operate the venue. Previously they worked together on the design and delivery of Percy’s in Kensington.
‘This has been one of our most challenging yet rewarding projects. Working with such a committed and engaged team at Incipio, and with some really talented contractors and artisans, has made it so worthwhile for everyone involved,’ said Ed Plumb, founder and director at Studio Found. ‘As a boutique design
studio, we are very proud of what we have achieved in transforming this prestigious, historical listed space into a multi-functional hospitality venue, the likes not seen before in the City of London. We have enjoyed working on every aspect of the project, from researching its history, handling the complex planning application, to devising and delivering a design concept that paid its respects to the space, while bringing intriguing and interesting details and surprises. We are confident that many people will enjoy drinking and dining at The Libertine and keep coming back.’ The Royal Exchange was
established by merchant Sir Thomas Gresham and opened by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571 who gave it its royal status and licence to serve alcohol – the first venue in Britain to be granted that. It has twice burnt down, first in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and again in 1838, and each time has been rebuilt. The current Royal Exchange was designed by Sir William Tite in the 1840s and opened by Queen Victoria.
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BILLY BOLTON
THE BOUNDARY
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