Battersea Power Station unveils the newly restored Control Room

Описание: Battersea Power Station has unveiled the fully restored Control Room A; the first of the Grade II* listed building’s two original Control Rooms, which managed the distribution of electricity across London from the early 1930s until 1975. Control Room A was the Power Station’s original control room, sending power across the capital from Carnaby Street to Wimbledon – even powering Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. It famously appeared in the Academy Award-winning film, The King’s Speech, as well as in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Battersea Power Station has worked closely with Historic England, Wandsworth Council, lead architects WilkinsonEyre and Lucas UK on the restoration of Control Room A, which is set to become an events space when the iconic building opens to the public this Autumn.

A number of British and international retail brands, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Mango, Space NK, Aesop and Hugo Boss, will be setting up shop inside the Power Station alongside The Cinema at The Power Station a new cinema and private members club, with sister sites including The Cinema at Selfridges and The Cinema in The Arches located in Circus West Village, the first chapter of the Battersea Power Station development.