Images | Restoration of Battersea Power Station structure complete

The restoration of Battersea Power Station in London is now complete, as part of a £9bn redevelopment programme in the area.

Phase one of the £9bn project involved construction of a mixed-use development at Circus West Village, completed in 2017. It is home to 1,800 residents and a mix of bars, restaurants and leisure facilities.

The power station was the second phase, with Mace acting as construction manager for the redevelopment of the building, which closed in 1983.

It oversaw the transformation of the power station into a mixed-use space, with 500,000 sq ft of office space, which is home to Apple’s new London Campus. It also includes around 100 retail, food and beverage units, a chimney lift experience called Lift 109, and 254 flats.

In 2017, Sir Robert McAlpine won a deal to act as construction manager for the third phase of the project – known as the Electric Boulevard. This involves building over 500 homes as well as a hotel, restaurants and shops. The area sits on a 42-acre site that also contains a public park. It is served by a new tube station on the Northern Line extension, which opened in 2021.

Architect WilkinsonEyre and Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) oversaw the restoration and adaptation of the Grade-II-listed power station building.

The power station was designed in the 1930s by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, and once provided a fifth of London’s electricity,

The building’s famous chimneys were rebuilt between 2014 and 2017 using the original construction method as when they were first built, in phases between the 1930s and 50s.

Turbine Hall A retains the decorative feel of the 1930s. Its original control rooms, with their different period styling have also been fully restored. Control Room A is set to become an events space and Control Room B has been transformed into a new all-day bar concept.

For the restoration work contractors sourced 1.8 million bricks from the original brickmakers, Northcot Bricks in Gloucestershire and Blockleys in Shropshire, to repair the Power Station’s walls. New homes feature brick and steelwork from the 1930s and 1950s.