London Transport Museum, London WC2
Bigger, brighter, better: The London Transport Museum is transformed
The complete refurbishment and redesign of this popular attraction preserves the original Victorian structure while modernising the interior. Improvements include the addition of a state-of-the-art cinema, installed in a deep basement excavation, a contemporary café bar, and a mezzanine floor, which boosts exhibition space by 20 per cent.
- The new design reduces the building’s carbon footprint by adopting natural ventilation, and by installing photovoltaic slates on the roof – the first significant usage on a listed building in London – which can generate up to 20 per cent of the museum’s power.
- To maintain revenue stream, works were carried out in two phases, so half of the museum could remain open. Consequently, works were undertaken within a live environment with unique exhibits remaining in situ, while access to the site itself was inevitably tight given its location.
- Scheduling and cost were crucial to the client’s business plan, and were scrupulously monitored and adhered to throughout.
Client: London Transport Museum
Project: Redesign and refurbishment of Grade II-listed building in the heart of Covent Garden
Duration: 2.5 years
Value: £13.5m
Categories: refurbishment, culture and heritage, london & south east
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