{"id":595137,"date":"2023-01-07T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/green-light-for-120m-barkers-of-kensington-overhaul\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T12:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:49:24","slug":"green-light-for-120m-barkers-of-kensington-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/green-light-for-120m-barkers-of-kensington-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for \u00a3120m Barkers of Kensington overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The current building. Credit: Dmitri Djouce \/ CC BY 2.0<\/p>\n

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Planning permission has been granted for a \u00a3120m redevelopment and retrofit of a Grade-II listed art deco department-store building in west London.<\/p>\n

Kensington and Chelsea council approved the plans for the Barkers of Kensington building, drawn up by Emrys Architects on behalf of Resla Properties.<\/p>\n

Emrys said the designs will enlarge the eight-storey building\u2019s entrance space on Derry Street, which is currently \u201cdark, enclosed and dated\u201d, while retaining its \u201cspacious and light-filled\u201d central atrium.<\/p>\n

The plans will add a new \u201cgrand staircase\u201d and escalators with art deco-inspired finishes, as well as new suspended walkways and a bridge to improve circulation in the upper levels.<\/p>\n

A caf\u00e9 and casual seating as well as new lifts, staircases and balconies are intended to \u201cbring the impressive atrium to life\u201d.<\/p>\n

The basement of the 53,000 square metre venue will be remodelled as a flexible space for uses such as networking, talks and hospitality, while its \u201ciconic\u201d roof lanterns will be repurposed as private dining spaces.<\/p>\n

The building\u2019s original construction was completed in the 1950s after being interrupted by the Second World War.<\/p>\n

Following a refurbishment in the 1980s, it was used mainly as offices, with newspapers including the Daily Mail<\/em> and the London Evening Standard<\/em> on the upper floors and shops on the lower floors.<\/p>\n

But Emrys said that the venue currently provides \u201cneither quality commercial accommodation nor effective retail floor space\u201d.<\/p>\n

It said its plans will \u201crevive the building as a prime commercial location while respecting its strong character and heritage\u201d.<\/p>\n

Emrys director Glyn Emrys said it was a \u201chuge privilege and responsibility\u201d to repurpose the building for 21st-century use.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have sought to retain and enhance the existing building as much as possible, working with it to create flexible new spaces with a clear focus on character, sustainability and wellbeing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The current building. Credit: Dmitri Djouce \/ CC BY 2.0 Planning permission has been granted for a \u00a3120m redevelopment and retrofit of a Grade-II listed art deco department-store building in west London. Kensington and Chelsea council approved the plans for the Barkers of Kensington building, drawn up by Emrys Architects on behalf of Resla Properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2939,4732],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-595137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green","8":"category-light"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}