Chipperfield?s Plans for Saarinen?s US Embassy Building in London Under Fire from Preservationists
British preservation group Twentieth Century Society has publicly denounced plans by David Chipperfield Architects to convert the Eero Saarinen-designed, soon-to-be former US Embassy near London's Grosvenor Square into a "world-class" 137-room hotel. Central to Chipperfield?s plan is an enlargement of the sixth floor to make room for a double-height event space, a move Twenieth Century Society believes will ?cause significant and substantial harm to the character of the building.?
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British preservation group Twentieth Century Society has publicly denounced plans by David Chipperfield Architects to convert the Eero Saarinen-designed, soon-to-be former US Embassy near London's Grosvenor Square into a "world-class" 137-room hotel. Central to Chipperfield?s plan is an enlargement of the sixth floor to make room for a double-height event space, a move Twenieth Century Society believes will ?cause significant and substantial harm to the character of the building.?
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Set to be vacated upon the completion of a new embassy building designed by Kieran Timberlake next year, the Grade-II listed design by Eero Saarinen was purchased in 2009 by developer Qatari Diar, who announced plans to transform the building into a luxury hotel containing five restaurants, six shops, a spa and a ballroom with space for 1,000 people and other event space.This past April, the developer staged a competition for the bu...
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British preservation group Twentieth Century Society has publicly denounced plans by David Chipperfield Architects to convert the Eero Saarinen-designed, soon-to-be former US Embassy near London's Grosvenor Square into a "world-class" 137-room hotel. Central to Chipperfield?s plan is an enlargement of the sixth floor to make room for a double-height event space, a move Twenieth Century Society believes will ?cause significant and substantial harm to the character of the building.?
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Set to be vacated upon the completion of a new embassy building designed by Kieran Timberlake next year, the Grade-II listed design by Eero Saarinen was purchased in 2009 by developer Qatari Diar, who announced plans to transform the building into a luxury hotel containing five restaurants, six shops, a spa and a ballroom with space for 1,000 people and other event space.This past April, the developer staged a competition for the bu...
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