Residents have begun moving into Battersea Power Station after the first section of Wilkinson Eyre’s restoration and conversion of the grade II*-listed landmark completed.

The interiors and layouts of the 98 flats, which feature original brick and steelwork dating back to the 1930s, were designed by Michaelis Boyd, while lead architect Wilkinson Eyre was responsible for the communal interiors as well as for the restoration project.

The milestone comes ahead of the project’s full completion next year when the public will be allowed into the new shops, cafes and offices in the building which for so many decades lay derelict on the banks of the Thames, an apparently hopeless case.

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