Sedley Place
Sedley Place
This mixed-use development in a Westminster Conservation Area, for Welbeck Land and the City of London Corporation, faces Oxford Street and connects through to a quieter site street, Sedley Place. The scheme retains the hierarchy and language of public spaces in the city block, using passages, arcades and internal courtyards, and replicates the mixture of uses that bring life to a city centre neighbourhood throughout the day. These include a major retail store, retail kiosks that line the arcade, offices, restaurants, cafes, studios and apartments.
The elements that make up the scheme each have their own appropriate architectural language that defines the pedestrian route through from the busiest shopping street in the United Kingdom to the intimate backwater a short distance away. The south-facing court at the heart of the scheme is a focal point replacing dead end vistas, and increases the amount of public space on the site by twenty per cent. All major elements were pre-let, with Boots taking the major unit as a flagship store.
The elements that make up the scheme each have their own appropriate architectural language that defines the pedestrian route through from the busiest shopping street in the United Kingdom to the intimate backwater a short distance away. The south-facing court at the heart of the scheme is a focal point replacing dead end vistas, and increases the amount of public space on the site by twenty per cent. All major elements were pre-let, with Boots taking the major unit as a flagship store.
It was one of six projects selected for the Architecture Foundation's exhibition in 2002 on modern design in conservation areas entitled 'Building with Integrity' and exhibited at 'Transformative Architecture', an international exhibition in Switzerland, on the architecture of various regions and architects. The development was a finalist in the British Construction Industry Awards and won awards for innovation in construction.
"Quality is all important. We deliberately set out to create a product of the highest architectural integrity, and we are very pleased with the result."
Alistair Watson, Managing Director, Welbeck Land
press:
RIBA Retail Sector Review December 2006; RIBA Architecture Review December 2006; Property Week July 2006; Levolux May 2006; Design Awards May 2006; Sitelines LABC December 2005; Property Week May 2005; What House March 2005; Sedley Place Award December 2004; Sunday Times October 2004; more » Property Week August 2003; Estates Gazette March 2002; Architects Journal June 2000; Estates Gazette April 2000; Evening Standard April 1998; Retail Week March 1998; Space Age Store for the year 2000 March 1998; Building Design March 1998;
"Quality is all important. We deliberately set out to create a product of the highest architectural integrity, and we are very pleased with the result."
Alistair Watson, Managing Director, Welbeck Land
press:
RIBA Retail Sector Review December 2006; RIBA Architecture Review December 2006; Property Week July 2006; Levolux May 2006; Design Awards May 2006; Sitelines LABC December 2005; Property Week May 2005; What House March 2005; Sedley Place Award December 2004; Sunday Times October 2004; more » Property Week August 2003; Estates Gazette March 2002; Architects Journal June 2000; Estates Gazette April 2000; Evening Standard April 1998; Retail Week March 1998; Space Age Store for the year 2000 March 1998; Building Design March 1998;