Squires cleared for Space House booster bid

Squire & Partners' proposals to extend and refurbish Space House on Kingsway

Plans to add extra storeys to listed Seifert landmark win council backing

Proposals to add two new storeys to Seifert & Partners’ grade II-listed Space House have won the backing of Camden council.

Space House was home to Cabe until the organisation was absorbed by the Design Council in 2011.

Squire & Partners’ scheme would see the removal of plant equipment from the top of the 17-storey cylindrical building and its replacement with a new “facsimile” storey matching the 1960s structure’s lower floors, as well as an additional set-back level.

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