Economist Building London, 25 St James’s Street Refurbishment, Architect, Design, The Smithsons, Photo
Economist Building
Renewal of British Sixties Architecture, St James, central London, England – design by The Smithsons
6 Feb 2017
The Economist Building Refurbishment
The Economist Building Renewal
Row erupts over Economist Building revamp, reports the Architects? Journal today.
A proposal by DSDHA to refurbish and remodel The Smithsons? Brutalist building has been questioned by leading architects.

photograph © Adrian Welch
There was a partial refurbishment planning application for 25 St James?s Street back in January 1996.
There is an entertaining article by The Economist about their own offices and preparations to move out, “Walking to the entrance of our building, across a rather austere plaza, we sometimes pass groups of architecture students in drab, well-cut clothes and interesting glasses.”
photo © Adrian Welch
The austerely elegant buildings formed in a tight cluster were the result of “a weekly newspaper that had improbably decided to become a property developer and two bold young people who were in the process of creating a soon-to-be notorious architectural style.”
In summer 2017 the media group will move into the Adelphi building, “a renovated 1930s hulk near the Strand.”

picture © Adrian Welch
There are three separate buildings, originally to house the following:-
The tallest tower was for The Economis...