Regent's Crescent shortlisted for Project of the Year
Shortlisted for Building Magazine’s ‘Project of the year’, the sweeping Grade I listed Regent’s Crescent, originally designed by John Nash, has been rebuilt and thoroughly modernised to provide luxury residences and amenities in the heart of London.
A complex project, Regent’s Crescent comprises sixty eight new apartments and nine contemporary Garden Villas to the rear, as well as seeing two 1960s blocks retrofitted and upgraded behind the iconic crescent building. Due to bomb damage sustained during WWII, retaining the original Grade I listed facade was not viable so following extensive consultation and research, it was demolished and rebuilt, notably the first ever reconstruction of a Grade I listed façade.
During construction a long-forgotten Scheduled Ancient Monument - in the form of an eighteenth century subterranean ‘ice house’ - was discovered in the grounds, one of only a handful which remain in the country today. The ice house has been refurbished to enable its maintenance and inspection (to serve Historic England’s requirements) and will be open to the public on one day each year.
We are proud to have worked on the restoration of this architectural masterpiece for client CIT Group Partners LLP, creating a scheme that both honours and preserves the building's iconic architectural history, whilst providing an exceptional standard of sophisticated living in the heart of London.
Click here to see the awards shortlist in full.
Project Team:
Planning Consultant: DP9
Structural Engineer: AKT II
Interiors: Millier
Landscape: Bowles & Wyer
Heritage Consultant: Donald Insall Associates
Contractor: Midgard
QS and PM: Aecom
M&E design: Hilson Moran / BSD
M&E construction: Spie / ARK