Snappy work: The Kodak by Barr Gazetas
By Jim Dunton2023-06-29T10:41:00
Practice refurbs film firm’s former office building in Kingsway
Barr Gazetas has completed the refurbishment of a grade II-listed office building in central London that was once the European headquarters of film firm Kodak.
Designed by Sir John Burnet and Partners, 65 Kingsway was completed in 1911. It is described by government heritage adviser Historic England as a “pioneering work of modern design” that evolved from Edwardian neo-classical design, “stripped of almost all ornament and with a Beaux Arts axial plan”.
Barr Gazetas’ work for the privately-owned real estate fund-management firm Clearbell has seen the steel-framed building returned to its former grandeur and turned into category-A workspace across seven floors.
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