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Chris Dyson Architects submits plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel

By 2025-03-31T10:50:00

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Source: Chris Dyson Architects

Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City of London’s commercial core

Chris Dyson Architects has submitted a planning application to the city of London corporation for the conversion and extension of a prominent postwar office building at 1 Farringdon Street into an 85-room hotel.

The proposed 3,460 m² development, located by Ludgate Circus, is owned by Lipman Properties.

The plans include the addition of a new mansard roof storey, set back from the existing parapet line. 

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