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“MICA are always one step ahead with their thinking, which makes the liaison with other consultants very efficient, particularly on a very complex project. MICA are a joy to work with!”

- Kathrin Hersel, Development Director Almacantar

MICA transformed the Grade II listed 1960s Centre Point complex to create new retail units, restaurants and a major pedestrian square at ground level, removing traffic from the base of the iconic tower. The scheme provides a new retail and leisure anchor to the east of Oxford street immediately adjacent to Tottenham Court Road Station and acts as a gateway to the West End. This safe, attractive and pedestrian-friendly space will form an important new meeting place for locals and visitors alike.

MICA’s interventions in the bridge-link and the threestorey base of the apartment block are outstanding, a model of sensitive but revelatory adaption.”

- Jay Merrick, ICON Magazine

Our transformational masterplan at the Southbank Centre has created a world-class, vibrant and commercially successful waterfront - now attracting over 8 million visitors a year.

The masterplan is “the masterstroke at the root of the transformation."

- Southbank Centre, Stirling Prize Nomination, 2008

Perhaps one of the most successful and transformative examples of the provision of retail and leisure use has been our masterplan for London’s Southbank Centre, the largest arts complex in the world. Here major conflicts between pedestrian movement and services vehicle routes isolated the cultural institutions and created confusion for visitors, with many dark, dead spaces below the venues.

The masterplan introduced a greater mix of uses including retail and leisure, leading to greatly increased visitor numbers and a wider range of users over longer periods of the day. Where once an unattractive service road fronted the river Thames, there is now a thriving array of restaurants in one of London’s most successful leisure destinations.