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Green light for Piercy & Co’s South Kensington office described by Saumarez Smith as 'hideous'

By 2021-09-20T07:00:00

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Piercy & Company has been given the green light for an office building in South Kensington described by one of the UK’s leading architectural historians as “hideous”.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea voted three to two to approve the Wellcome Trust’s six-storey office building at 63 - 81 Pelham Street.

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