Hutchinson & Partners has completed a major refurbishment of grade II-listed office building Victoria House in Bloomsbury, originally built in the 1920s to a design by Charles William Long.

The neoclassical building was created as the headquarters of insurance firm the Liverpool and Victoria Friendly Company and contains around 28,000 sq m of office space, along with retail, hospitality and event space over 13 storeys.

Victoria House, which overlooks Bloomsbury Square to the west and Southampton Row to the east, was refurbished by Alsop Architects between 1999 and 2003. Hutchinson & Partners’ scheme retains some of Alsop’s introductions, including ETFE pillows in the courtyard spaces with suspended meeting-room pods.

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