{"id":237752,"date":"2025-11-01T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237752\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:03:14","slug":"green-light-for-makes-plans-to-retrofit-its-first-big-project-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237752\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for Make\u2019s plans to retrofit its first big project | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full screen in popup<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017023_makebakerstreet5_858222.jpg\" width=\"739\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Aerial view of Make&#8217;s plans to add a ninth storey to 55 Baker Street<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017022_makebakerstreet6_207726.jpg\" width=\"743\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017027_makebakerstreet9_683210.jpg\" width=\"666\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017031_makebakerstreet7_519651.jpg\" width=\"582\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017026_makebakerstreet1_258420.png\" width=\"463\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017030_makebakerstreet3_624267.jpg\" width=\"731\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017028_makebakerstreet4_388740.jpg\" width=\"738\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017024_makebakerstreet8_823356.png\" width=\"611\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017029_makebakerstreet2_111731.jpg\" width=\"637\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Make Architects has been given the green light for plans to return to the site of its first major project for a second retrofit scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Westminster council has voted to approve the firm\u2019s proposals to add an extra storey to 55 Baker Street, the 71,000sq m office block in Marylebone which underwent a major refurbishment in 2007 led by Make founder Ken Shuttleworth.<\/p>\n<p>The transformation of the 1950s former Marks &amp; Spencer headquarters was the first large job completed by the practice after Shuttleworth left Foster &amp; Partners to set up Make in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme infilled three courtyards of the modernist building with new office space fronted by three monumental glazed facades, described by the practice as \u201cmasks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Make Baker Street\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2017025_makebakerstreet_656959.jpg\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"976\" height=\"456\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These will be retained under its plans for a second retrofit of the site for London &amp; Regional Properties, while an extra storey added during the 2007 renovation would be demolished and replaced and an additional ninth storey built on top.<\/p>\n<p>The new eighth storey would have a much larger footprint that the existing set back storey, covering the entire floor of the building, while the new ninth floor will be slightly smaller and contain the building\u2019s plant.<\/p>\n<p>Two stair cores at the rear side of the building will be enlarged to accommodate the fire-fighting requirements of the building\u2019s increased height, and glazing on all upper floors will be replaced to improve thermal performance.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is set to add around 5,000sq m of office space to the building, bringing it to a total floorspace of 76,300 sq m, along with an extensive series of landscaped roof gardens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Make Baker Street 9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1761998594_915_2017027_makebakerstreet9_683210.jpg\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"638\" height=\"666\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It will also transform the building\u2019s entrance, replacing the existing single-height lobby with a double-height space filled with lush planting and trees designed by landscape architect Gillespies.<\/p>\n<p>Make said its objective for the scheme is to deliver a \u201chigh quality, low-carbon workplace retrofit that aligns with best practice in sustainability and the climate agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The project team also includes Quantem on costs, Expedition on structures, Cundall on MEP and sustainability, DP9 on planning, Wintech on facades and Tavernor on townscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full screen in popup Aerial view of Make&#8217;s plans to add a ninth storey to 55 Baker Street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-237752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}