Developers Ropemaker Properties want to demolish the premises in North Street after the store closes. In its place, they have revealed proposals to build 92 apartments over three floors, along with ground floor commercial outlets, parking and landscaping. PROPOSALS: Image of how the proposed new building could look But Twentieth Century Society, which campaigns for the preservation of architectural heritage from 1914 onwards, is opposing the plans. C20 Society caseworker Coco Whittaker said: We believe the existing building could be sympathetically converted for residential use and need not be demolished. The store makes a great contribution to the streetscape and has an interesting history, being built in two phases.
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The proposals (centre) will require the demolition of the British Library Centre for Conservation on the northern end of the site
Architects have poured scorn over Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners’ controversial designs for a major extension to the grade I-listed British Library - with one likening it to an “acoustic cover version of a high-tech power ballad”.
Plans for the scheme, which are due to be lodged with Camden council in May, will see a huge block at least 11 storeys built next to and partially attached to the landmark existing building at St Pancras which opened in 1997 after two decades of struggle and listed in 2015. It will include 72,000sq m of office space, 10,000sq m of library facilities and new premises for the Alan Turing Institute.
The building will house new premises for the Alan Turing Institute
Proposals by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners to extend the grade I-listed British Library in London have attracted criticism from rival architects and heritage groups.
Plans for the scheme, which are due to be lodged with Camden planners in May, will see a block at least 11 storeys built next to and partially attached to the landmark existing building at St Pancras which opened in 1997 and was given the highest form of protection in 2015.
It will include 72,000sq m of office space, 10,000sq m of library facilities and new premises for the Alan Turing Institute.