ADP Architecture has secured planning permission for a “deep retrofit” project for the University of Westminster that will convert a post-war office building into a new Centre for Employability and Enterprise.
Under the proposals, which received the unanimous backing of Westminster City Council’s planning committee last month, the eight-storey building at 29 Marylebone Road will be refurbished and extended to provide a single, central enterprise and employment hub for students.
Work on the hub – adjacent to the university’s Marylebone Road main building, where its School of Architecture and Cities is based – is being funded with a £5.8m grant from higher-education regulator the Office for Students.
It will deliver creative spaces to support collaboration and engagement with local businesses, and event and exhibition space to showcase student enterprise…
