Building / block / estate
Balmoral Apartments 2 Praed Street London W2 1JL
Address
2 Praed Street London W2 1JL
Local Authority
Westminster
Storeys / height
Cladding
Owner / Landlord
West End Quay Limited (Applicant for Planning)
Original design architect
Original consent ref/date
98/0452 - Original Application unavailable on Westminster’s website
01/04236/ADFULL - Refused 1/08/2001 Broadway Malyan Ltd
Details of external envelope and external works detail pursuant to conditions 14-16 of permission dated 13 July 1999 (RN 980452). Server problem. Would not show documents
01/00877/FULL - Granted 1/05/2001 Gerald Eve
Alterations during the course of construction to scheme granted permission on 13.7.1999 (980452); namely, reduce flats to 470, removal of offices, alterations to entrance & shopfronts, canopies to flat entrances, additional roof terraces.
Remediation ref/date
20/00033/OTHFP - Building Control
Replacement of ACM Cladding system to façade inclusive of fire breaks, breather membrane, insulation and support rails and Aluminium composite cladding to roof level stair core walls using A2 s1 d0 rated cladding. Balmoral Apartments 2 Praed Street London W2 1JL
Remediation lead
Agent: M D Bithrey Chartered Surveyors Ltd
Litigation
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Source / Evidence / Links
The work at West End Quay comprised the removal of existing ACM cladding and its replacement at Balmoral Apartments, a 15-storey block of 188 flats. The area of works was a curved section incorporating a large, recessed balcony at each floor level.
Broadway Malyan’s striking architectural design required the design of replacement aluminium panels with curves in two planes so as to exactly fit the existing installation.
A2O were appointed to design and install the new aluminium wall cladding to the main façade area as well as cladding replacement to the roof level and stair/lift core.
credit: A2O