CLIENT
MCR Hotels
LOCATION
London, UK
APPOINTMENT
2024
STATUS
In Progress
SIZE
30,000m2
GROUP LEADER
Lisa Finlay
PROJECT LEADER
Charlotte Bovis
PROJECT MANAGER
Conseulo Manna
TECHNICAL DESIGN LEADER
Maura Ambrosiano
DESIGN CONSULTANTS
Arup
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2024
BT Tower
London, United Kingdom
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MCR Hotels (MCR), the third largest hotel owner-operator in the US, has agreed to buy the BT Tower from BT Group and intends to secure the future of the iconic Grade II listed tower by repurposing it as a hotel and opening it up to the public. We are working with them to consider how best to reimagine its use as a hotel.
This is an extraordinary building and an amazing opportunity to bring it back to life. We’re excited at the prospect of working with Fitzrovia’s residents and with many thousands of Londoners, to repurpose this important piece of the city’s living heritage.
BT Group will take a number of years to vacate the premises, due to the scale and complexity of the work to move technical equipment, and there will be significant time for design development and engagement with local communities before any proposals come forward.
MCR owns and operates many of New York’s best-known hotels, including The High Line Hotel, a former seminary, and the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport, a reimagining of Eero Saarinen’s 1962 landmark Flight Center, which received a national Architecture Award from the American Institute of Architects. The company also owns and is currently redeveloping the famed Gramercy Park Hotel.
MCR Hotels (MCR), the third largest hotel owner-operator in the US, has agreed to buy the BT Tower from BT Group and intends to secure the future of the iconic Grade II listed tower by repurposing it as a hotel and opening it up to the public. We are working with them to consider how best to reimagine its use as a hotel.
This is an extraordinary building and an amazing opportunity to bring it back to life. We’re excited at the prospect of working with Fitzrovia’s residents and with many thousands of Londoners, to repurpose this important piece of the city’s living heritage.
BT Group will take a number of years to vacate the premises, due to the scale and complexity of the work to move technical equipment, and there will be significant time for design development and engagement with local communities before any proposals come forward.
MCR owns and operates many of New York’s best-known hotels, including The High Line Hotel, a former seminary, and the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport, a reimagining of Eero Saarinen’s 1962 landmark Flight Center, which received a national Architecture Award from the American Institute of Architects. The company also owns and is currently redeveloping the famed Gramercy Park Hotel.