SAVE Britain’s Heritage [Alliance member] has published outline plans for an alternative site for a temporary MPs chamber, showing that Richmond House on Whitehall can be spared from demolition while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished.
Working in collaboration with Hopkins Architects and Ian Chalk Architects, the SAVE plans show how the chambers of both the Commons and Lords can be accommodated within existing buildings on the Parliamentary Estate – the courtyards of HM Treasury and the Foreign Office, connected by King Charles Street.
The plans were published as part of a new SAVE report: “The temporary home for MPs must not be a folly”.
The current plans put forward by the House of Commons Northern Estate Programme for the temporary House of Commons are currently out for consultation until 28th June here.