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Princes Gate overlooking Hyde Park

Interior Princes Gate

Accommodation review

• Freehold located in Zone 1-2

• Good transport links

• Accommodate 300 staff

• Examination Centre

• Study bedrooms

• Members facilities and State rooms

• Conference centre

• 300 seater auditorium

• Circa 70 -110,000 sqft

• Balance of Heritage and contemporary

Melton Street Elevation March 2010

Temporary Home : Bow Church Yard

Bow Church yard

194 Euston Road 1 Melton Street

Arthur Beresford Pite (1861-1934)

Ordnance survey 1917

Occupiers

Low quality fit out

Quality detailing

Quality detailing

Excellent natural light

High ceilings

Quirky spaces

Texture and colour

Vision

• Respect for the architecture

• Repair not restoration

• Create a heart to whole site

• Flexible

• BREEAM – very good

Challenges and opportunities

• Listing and approvals

• Unknowns

• Variety of uses

• Circulation routes

• Outside space

• Independent exam centre

• Auditorium

• Acoustics

• Public v Private use

• The Ghost

Zoning Plans

Ground

Glazed in atria

New lift bank

Accommodation review

Accommodation review

Workspace in listed building

Accommodation review

Workspace in listed building

Workspace on Euston Road

Accommodation review

Conference Centre

Terrace on L5

Accommodation review

State room and events space

Accommodation review

Four star study bedroom

Examination Centre

Accommodation review

Auditorium

Accommodation review

Main reception

Accommodation review