The scheme for the Grade II*-listed landmark on Brompton Road was given consent by Kensington and Chelsea council through delegated powers earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Make\u2019s multi-million pound proposals include major internal alterations to the existing watches and jewellery departments, which will be combined and expanded.<\/p>\n
That requires the creation of a double-height space, new retail areas and new partitions inside the two sections of the Charles William Stephens-designed building.<\/p>\n
The consented scheme also features new portals, refurbished columns and the reinstatement of a heritage-inspired ceiling, entrance doors, a decorative mosaic floor and external elements.<\/p>\n
More space will be created for the watch and jewellery department through the lowering of the ground floor slab and relocation of back-of -house facilities to a sub-basement area. This will leave room for new customer lifts.<\/p>\n
Make says the centrepiece of the development will include the first curved escalators outside of the United States and Asia, which the practice describes as a \u2018a striking architectural centrepiece that reflects a commitment to innovation within a heritage setting\u2019.<\/p>\n
The practice has a long-running relationship with Harrods, including refurbishment of the Basil Street Escalator Hall<\/a>, Grand Entrance Hall<\/a> and restoration of the fa\u00e7ade<\/a>.<\/p>\n Katy Ghahremani, director at Make and project lead, said: \u2018We are pleased to have worked alongside Harrods, Historic England and conservation officers at the Royal Borough of Kensington and \u2018Make\u2019s reimagined design of the Grade II*-listed building creates an impressive sense of arrival, emulating the original Edwardian sales rooms. We are reintroducing new double-height halls and creating a sequence of spaces that can be read as a series of rooms, while providing Harrods with the individual brand boutiques that form an essential part of modern-day luxury retail.\u2019<\/p>\n Construction is expected to begin in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The scheme for the Grade II*-listed landmark on Brompton Road was given consent by Kensington and Chelsea council…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-31159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31159","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=31159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Chelsea to celebrate Harrods\u2019 Edwardian heritage while enhancing and upgrading the current fine jewellery and watches department for future use.<\/p>\n