New Zealand House Refurb, Haymarket London Building Photos, Architecture Project News, NZ Design
New Zealand House London
Haymarket Development Redevelopment, England – design by Robert Matthew, architect
19 Oct 2019
New Zealand House Renewal
Location: 80 Haymarket, St. James’s, London SW1Y 4TQ, United Kingdom
Renewal Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS)
Royal Opera Arcade heritage architect: Donald Insall Associates
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has submitted upgrade plans for this major Modernist building in central London.
The refurbishment scheme is for the high commission (1963) and the adjacent Grade I arcade.

image courtesy of architects
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has worked up proposals to comprehensively update the landmark modernist building New Zealand House on London?s Haymarket. The building was listed at Grade II in 1995, in recognition of its ?elegant tower and podium composition?, characterised by plate glass strip windows and pronounced Portland stone bands and interior quality.

photograph © Adrian Welch
The 19-storey building is owned by the Crown Estate and houses the New Zealand High Commission.
Under plans lodged with Westminster council, the block would be upgraded and reconfigured to deliver a mix of office accommodation, diplomatic space and new ground-floor retail and restaurant space.

photos © Adrian Welch
The proposals would also rework parts of the adjoining Grade I-listed Royal Opera Arcade, designed by Thomas N...