Native Land's Burlington Gate Project Tops Out

Native Land marked the final stages of construction for its newest development, Burlington Gate in Mayfair.

The scheme will comprise 42 apartments with hotel-style amenities and extensive gallery space on the ground and lower ground floors. The highlight of the project is a new public arcade, which is the first in Mayfair since the 1930s. The public space creates a route between Old Burlington and Cork streets.

Rigers Stirk Harbour + Partners Architects’ senior partner Graham Stirk said the project is an example of how architecture can be both modern and respectful of tradition. “The building has a calm and structured exterior reflecting the importance of this very ordered, historic area. A public arcade interrupts this calm, allowing glimpses into an exotic world within—an "Alice through the looking glass" experience, if you wish. The synergy of the arcade, its associated galleries and the residential building are drawn together as one experience to create a sense of place enhancing its unique Mayfair surroundings,” Stirk said.

The project will contribute approximately £6M to Westminster City Council for affordable housing as part of the Section 106 Agreement, as well as improvements to Cork Street. Native Land’s public realm improvements are the catalyst to a wider East Mayfair initiative being coordinated by Westminster City Council. Resurfacing, landscaping, seating, and parking and loading management will be improved on a number of streets in Mayfair’s luxury retail, arts and fashion district.

Native Land also recently was named residential partner at TH Real Estate’s Edinburgh St. James project, one of the largest regeneration schemes underway in the UK.