Make Plan West End Odeon Overhaul

Make Plan West End Odeon Overhaul

Published on 14-07-2008 by Skyscrapernews.com
This is the first image of what is a planned overhaul of one of the Odeon cinemas in London's famous Leicester Square, Odeon West End that currently occupies a slender cream art-deco building.

Designed by renowned architects Make, the scheme features a block with an attached curving element integrated into it like the turret of a castle that rises to 9 storeys tall.

It is particularly noticeable thanks to the horizontal banding of undulating stainless steel cladding that runs around between each level of glazing and partially overshadows the glass under the last layer.

The project is by Steamboat Development which plans to have the building become truly multi-use. Taking advantage of the prime position on Leicester Square, there will be three restaurants on the ground floor and another one on the top floor aimed at giving panoramic views of the West End.

On the four floors above the ground floor will be a hotel with 245 rooms whilst on the upper floors will be 33 flats for those who don't mind living in ground zero of London's leading entertainment area.

As before Odeon will have two cinema screens in the complex but no longer is cinema the purpose of the building, this time they are located in the basement. Currently the twin screens have 800 and 532 seats respectively but these will be slashed to a mere 440 and 200 in the proposals.

Part of the reason for this reduction is the increasing specification of the audience areas which will have larger seats than before turning the Odeon West End into one of the most luxurious screening locations for film in London.

A planning application has now been filed for the proposals but whether this gets the go-ahead depends on local council Westminster.

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The Limey

Published on 16-07-2008 by Skyscrapernews.com
Rising in the heart of the City of London, just metres from its famous neighbour the Lloyds Building, is 10 Lime Street.

This is a new largely office development that also features two ground floor retail units, one sandwiched either side of the reception area aimed at becoming prime shopping space.

Rising above this are seven floors of office space with floor plates up to 677 square metres each. In all there will be 4,089 square metres of office space and 1,012 square metres of retail. Topping 10 Lime Street is a plant floor.

Allowing the floor plates to be as large as open as possible and clearly pitching them at a single company per floor, they are virtually column free with only two supports running through the length of the building vertically near the centre.

Designed by Rolfe Judd, stone cladding is featured throughout the lower floors providing tones that resemble many of the stone buildings on Cornhill, a rare move for an office building in an area where glass is gradually becoming the predominant material on modern office developments.

A roof profile that steps back on the top four floors substantially reduces the bulk of the building envelope from overpowering the nearby narrow streets. With the step backs, the top office floors reveal floor to ceiling glazing for their occupants to enjoy.

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