{"id":67094,"date":"2025-08-14T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/67094\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:18:10","slug":"where-has-the-riba-found-its-new-temporary-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/67094\/","title":{"rendered":"where has the RIBA found its new temporary home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AJ understands the institute\u2019s staff will take up temporary residence in the Tavistock Square offices while the RIBA\u2019s 66 Portland Place headquarters undergoes a major overhaul.<\/p>\n

In May the organisation confirmed that an agreement<\/a> to relocate its workforce into the Jerwood Centre, a \u2018self contained\u2019 Neo-Georgian building designed by Carden & Godfrey Architects at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), was off.<\/p>\n

The main RCP building was designed by Denys Lasdun, a former RIBA president, Royal Gold Medal winner and National Theatre architect and, under the deal, would have been available for the organisation to use for events such as the inauguration of upcoming president Chris Williamson next month.<\/p>\n

Following the collapse of the move to the RCP \u2018due to circumstances beyond RIBA\u2019s control\u2019, the institute began scouring central London for other possible locations before settling on spaces within BMA House, less than a mile away from the RIBA\u2019s existing base.<\/p>\n

The medical association\u2019s Grade II-listed building near Euston Station \u2013 its home since 1925 \u2013 was built in stages, having originally been designed by Edwin Lutyens for the Theosophical Society. Lutyens\u2019 scheme was started in 1911 but the First World War interrupted construction and, subsequently, the Theosophical Society could not afford to finish the building.<\/p>\n

It was sold to the BMA, which commissioned Lutyens to complete the construction and it was opened in 1925. An extension by Cyril Wontner Smith overlooking Tavistock Square was completed in 1929 and further additions were added by Douglas Wood, the last in 1960. <\/p>\n

It is unclear how many staff will move into BMA House nor when. The RIBA said: \u2018RIBA colleagues will be moving temporarily to the BMA Building as we begin the refurbishment of 66 Portland Place as part of our ambitious House of Architecture programme. We are leasing space for staff and they will have use of shared facilities offered to BMA tenants.\u2019<\/p>\n

The RIBA has already shut its Portland Place headquarters to the public to make way for the \u00a358 million House of Architecture revamp overseen by Benedetti Architects and executive architect Purcell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In June Westminster City Council granted full planning and listed building consent for the restoration and refurbishment of the 1930s Grade II*-listed structure.<\/p>\n

The building will officially shut to all staff by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Benedetti submitted proposals to overhaul the Grade II*-listed structure earlier this year, having won a contest for the job back in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AJ understands the institute\u2019s staff will take up temporary residence in the Tavistock Square offices while the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67095,"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-67094","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\/67094","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=67094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}