22 Park Crescent

Retrofitted and upgraded residential blocks

Two existing buildings with 92 apartments have been retrofitted and upgraded, while the residents remained in occupation. Designed and built in the 1960s, they form part of the new Regent’s Crescent development which reinstates residential use to the Grade I listed crescent.

Client: Great Marlborough Estates / CIT Group Partners LLP
Location: London
Size: 92 units
Status: Complete

Located at the rear, these buildings were part of a facsimile rebuild following bomb damage in WW2, when the crescent was developed as a series of offices. The recent decision to take down the ‘60s office development and rebuild did not include these two blocks, instead, a strategy was formed to save and upgrade them using a fabric first approach.

The transformation of these two buildings is truly remarkable, demonstrating how a failing building can be saved and given a new lease of life for many decades to come. A key challenge for this site was how to assimilate the new envelope with its 1960s proportions and levels to connect aesthetically with the new rear façade of the heritage building, with its Regency proportions and levels.