{"id":347008,"date":"2025-08-15T16:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347008\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:53:17","slug":"kpf-submits-plans-to-overhaul-oxford-circus-tower-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347008\/","title":{"rendered":"KPF submits plans to overhaul Oxford Circus tower | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full screen in popup<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2010422_kpfcavendish1_931462.jpg\" width=\"921\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">KPF&#8217;s designs for the refurbishment of 33 Cavendish Square<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2010421_kpfcavendish2_813319.jpg\" width=\"916\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2010423_kpfcavendish3_812712.jpg\" width=\"917\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2010419_kpfcavendish5_341585.jpg\" width=\"918\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded \" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2010420_kpfcavendish4_648157.jpg\" width=\"920\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Berkeley Estate Asset Management (BEAM) has submitted plans for a major refurbishment and extension of one of the most prominent sites on London\u2019s Oxford Street.<\/p>\n<p>The KPF-designed proposals for 33 Cavendish Square will transform the former flagship store of British Home Stores and the previous home of the London College of Fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Located next to Oxford Circus, the existing building dates to the 1960s is one of the tallest in the West End with its 21-storey modernist tower situated behind a six-storey block running along the main shopping street.<\/p>\n<p>KPF\u2019s plans would retain over half of the building, including the basement and its tower, while creating a new seven-storey mixed-use block on Oxford Street containing cultural spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The ground floor will offer food and beverage space, while the upper floors will be reserved for 75,000sq m of grade A office space. The scheme would also include a 3,500sq m cultural and creative space with a new auditorium and event space.<\/p>\n<p>BEAM said the proposals would create a landmark building in the heart of the West End, contributing to long-term investment in the City of Westminster through renewed commercial, retail and cultural offers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KPF principal John Bushell said the plans represent an \u201cimportant step in the rejuvenation of Oxford Street\u201d, where footfall has declined significantly since the covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transformation will provide greatly improved retail space to help attract world-leading brands into the \u2018nation\u2019s high street\u2019, and a dedicated space to promote creativity and innovation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The project team so far includes planning consultant Newmark and engagement consultant Kanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full screen in popup KPF&#8217;s designs for the refurbishment of 33 Cavendish Square Berkeley Estate Asset Management (BEAM)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-347008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115033827564085391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}