We have been appointed as architects to redesign the famous Bow Street Magistrates Court in central London.
 
The design objective is to secure the long-term future of this historic building by creating a new luxury hotel which is entirely appropriate in terms of the character of this part of Covent Garden. At the same time, it is the wish of both Edward Holdings and Douglas Wallace to acknowledge the building’s illustrious past, which is important to Irish as well as to English history.
 
Discussions in this regard have already taken place with English Heritage, Westminster Council and other key stakeholders, and our dialogue with them is on-going. Plans for Bow Street Magistrates Court are still evolving but the design team are being guided by a set of principles that include the following:

• Provision for museum space or an ‘interpretive centre’ incorporating the existing cell block, at ground floor and basement levels, with a separate entrance
• The preservation of the Court Rooms as areas of the hotel with public access