Green light for Westminster University retrofit

By Jim Dunton2023-06-02T06:00:00

29 Marylebone Road facade Credit_ University of Westminster

ADP-designed project will refurbish and extend Marylebone Road office building as enterprise centre

ADP Architecture has secured planning permission for a “deep retrofit” project for the University of Westminster that will convert a post-war office building into a new Centre for Employability and Enterprise.

Under the proposals, which received the unanimous backing of Westminster City Council’s planning committee last month, the eight-storey building at 29 Marylebone Road will be refurbished and extended to provide a single, central enterprise and employment hub for students.

Work on the hub – adjacent to the university’s Marylebone Road main building, where its School of Architecture and Cities is based – is being funded with a £5.8m grant from higher-education regulator the Office for Students.

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