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Centre Point Tower Restoration in London
Oxford Street Tall Building, WC1, England – restored by Conran and Partners
23 Dec 2019
Centre Point Tower
Architects: Conran and Partners
Location: 101-103 New Oxford Street, Oxford St, north central London

In 2011, Conran and Partners were appointed by London developer, Almacantar, as Architects and Interiors Designers with a brief to revive the iconic Centre Point Tower, making good on the original developer Harry Hyam?s promise of a creating a thriving London Landmark.

The 1960s tower, originally designed by Richard Seifert?s partner George Marsh, is set to form a key part of the overhaul of the surrounding Tottenham Court Road area, where work is on-going to launch the new Crossrail station. Our work was part of a wider scheme that regenerates the adjacent Centre Point buildings and to create a new public square at its base.
Centre Point Tower is grade-II listed, and our approach has been to work with the spirit of the original design, but to reinvent it for the twenty first century. For instance, whilst the concrete frame has been carefully restored, the glazed envelope has been replaced entirely, and whilst it is to the original pattern, it is to modern thermal and acoustic standards. Furthermore, the way the building meets the ground has been fundamentally changed as the project moves away from vehicles towards prioritising people. The...