{"id":263724,"date":"2025-11-15T05:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/263724\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:05:25","slug":"barr-gazetas-gets-go-ahead-to-extend-seifert-landmark-office-in-bloomsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/263724\/","title":{"rendered":"Barr Gazetas gets go-ahead to extend Seifert \u2018landmark\u2019 office in Bloomsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Camden Council voted on 10 November to approve the project, which will update Whittington House, an office block in Alfred Place, Bloomsbury. The 1972 building, designed by Richard Seifert &amp; Partners, features a highly polished, black granite fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>Barr Gazetas\u2019s scheme, for Great Portland Estates, retains around 99 per cent of the existing structure and the fa\u00e7ade, while seeking to improve the building\u2019s user experience and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>A rooftop terrace will be added, and the entrance will be reconfigured to create an open-plan waiting area, which will replace the existing reception.<\/p>\n<p>The floor area is set to increase by more than 90m2\u00a0to around 9,200m2 of grade A workspace, which will include new amenities and bike storage facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme will improve the building\u2019s energy performance through a variety of measures, such as window glazing, introducing \u2018biophilia\u2019 to add greenery throughout the office, and using materials with low volatile organic compound content to increase air quality.<\/p>\n<p>Barr Gazetas associate Magnus Wills said: \u2018This project is about giving a remarkable building a new lease of life without compromising its identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Whittington House is an iconic part of Bloomsbury and we\u2019ve worked hard to ensure every proposed intervention is respectful, sustainable, and future-facing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The proposed changes will also improve access to the building, as well as connectivity to an adjacent park, Alfred Place Gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Camden Council voted on 10 November to approve the project, which will update Whittington House, an office block&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263725,"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-263724","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\/263724","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=263724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}