Earls Court

Since 1887, Earls Court has been a place of wonder, discovery, adventure and escape, a place where people could leave the everyday behind. While the 1936 Earls Court Exhibition Centre has disappeared, the new masterplan seeks to preserve a sense of wonder, and the beauty of some of the original spaces.  

Project Details +

Project Details

LOCATION: London, UK

CLIENT: Earls Court Development Company

DATE: 2022 - Ongoing

STATUS: Planning submitted

SIZE: 47,000m2 Office Space in Four Buildings, 1,800m2 Studio, Gallery, Culture & F&B

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Credits

PROJECT TEAM:
Client - Earls Court Development Company
Masterplanning - Hawkins\Brown, Studio Egret West
Landscape Architecture - SLA
Architecture - ACME, dRMM, Haworth Tompkins, Maccreanor Lavington, Serie, Sheppard Robson
Project Management -Turner & Townsend / Cast / Avison Young
Structure - HTS
MEP, Acoustic, Sustainability - Max Fordham
QS - Faithful & Gould
Fire - OFR
RoL - GIA
Facade - FMDC
Transport & Waste - WSP
Security & Services - Hoare Lea
Inclusive Access - David Bonnett Associates
PD - Gardiner & Theobald
Approved Inspector - Socotec
BIM Consultant - NXUS BIM



Earls Court expositions pre-1937

Earls Court exhibition building, 1937

Earls Court expositions posters post - 1937

Existing

Proposed

Within the Earls Court Development Company masterplan for the redevelopment of the former exhibition centre in west London, ACME is designing a workplace and gateway building at the entrance to the site, recreating a sense of arrival from Earls Court Station.

Use

Proportions

Terraces

Facade expression

The new office buildings within the masterplan will be at the forefront of sustainable construction in the UK, using timber and stone as significant parts of their superstructure.

They will also celebrate the unique history of Earls Court, using computer controlled stone manufacturing to create sculptural stone that expresses key performances from the last 140 years of entertainment and wonder.

ACME designed office building frames Central Park.

New art spaces will be integrated into the ground floors of office buildings, to create exhibition spaces explaining the history of Earls Court, and create spaces for new performances.

Use

Proportions

Urban Windows

Facade expression

The famous apron steps of the original Exhibition Hall will be lifted and rebuilt into a stepped landscape space, creating a stepped garden as a new entrance into the wider masterplan from Kensington and Chelsea.

More information

here

Articles

AJ 10.24

FT 09.24

Construction Enquirer  09.24

The Standard 09.24

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