Foster + Partners has secured approval from Westminster Council for the £1bn redevelopment plan of Grade II-listed Whiteleys shopping centre in Bayswater, west London.
Constructed behind the historic Queensway, the shopping centre will be demolished and replaced with a ten-storey structure with more than 100 homes.
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The plan is being backed a joint venture between Meyer Bergman-advised fund and Warrior Group, reported Architects Journal.
The plan includes new stores, a gym, a cinema and parking spaces at the basement, as well as a boutique hotel.
According to the plan, the building’s iconic central dome will be retained while the flats will come up around an inner courtyard.
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The dome was designed by architects John Belcher and John James Joass in 1911.
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By GlobalDataHowever, several groups including Historic England and Save Britain’s Heritage opposed the plan of converting the shopping centre.
The original building had a theatre and a golf-course on rooftop. It was closed in 1980 and was opened as a shopping centre in 1989.
Last year, Foster + Partners won the redevelopment project, beating Zaha Hadid Architects and Stiff + Trevillion.
