🏗️ Building Spotlight: Battersea Power Station – London, England 🇬🇧
The transformation of Battersea Power Station is one of the most ambitious heritage regeneration projects ever undertaken in the UK.
After lying dormant for almost 40 years, the Grade II listed landmark has been restored into a vibrant mixed use destination comprising offices, retail, restaurants, entertainment, residential accommodation and the spectacular Lift 109 viewing experience.
The project required rebuilding all four chimneys, strengthening the original steel and concrete frame, preserving thousands of heritage features and integrating modern engineering systems into one of Britain’s most iconic industrial buildings.
📍 Location: London, England
📅 Completed: 2022 (Phase 2)
📏 Height: 109m
🏛️ Original Architect: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
🏗️ Restoration Architect: WilkinsonEyre
Key Project Team 🏗️
Owner / Shareholders
Sime Darby Property
S P Setia
Employees Provident Fund (Malaysia)
Developer
Battersea Power Station
Lead Architect
WilkinsonEyre
Heritage Architect
Purcell
Interior Design
Michaelis Boyd
Landscape Architect
LDA Design
Structural Engineer
Buro Happold
Building Services (MEP)
chapmanbdsp
Project Manager
Turner & Townsend
Cost Consultant
Gardiner & Theobald LLC
Construction Manager
Mace
Previous Construction Manager
Skanska
Design & Programme Management
Adept Management Limited (A Ridge Company)
Temporary Works Designer
RKD
Piling Contractor
BAUER Group
Concrete Contractor
Mitchellson
Structural Steel Contractor
William Hare Group
Brickwork Restoration
Paye Stonework & Restoration Ltd
Façade Contractor
seele
Architectural Glass & Metalwork
OAG Ltd
Electrical Contractor
TClarke
Ductwork & Airside Services
ASM Engineering Limited
Interior Fit-Out
Lindner Group
Drylining, Partitions & Ceilings
Titan Interior Solutions
Specialist Joinery
Horbury Joinery
Painting & Specialist Finishes
Lucas
Commissioning Management
Ashford Environmental Services Limited
Lighting Controls
Delmatic Lighting Management
Lighting Design
Speirs Major Light Architecture
Asbestos Scaffolding
QFS Scaffolding Ltd
Lift 109 Team 🛗
Chimney Lift
Otis Elevator Co.
Experience Designer
Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA)
Technical Production & Systems
Sysco Productions
Digital Experience
Squint/Opera
Lighting Design
Michael Grubb Studio
Fit-Out Contractor
BECK
Project Support
Fraser Randall
Digital Platform
Modern English Digital
Have you visited Battersea Power Station since it reopened? What impressed you most? The restoration, the architecture or the engineering?