JMP refurbished the listed Ward building and demolished an adjoining building to open up a roughly L-shaped site for Zara’s new mixed-use building.

The facades of 215-219 Oxford Street now add a bold graphic clarity to the street scene, and are architecturally related to Ward’s sweeping façade modelling.

In response to the Borough of Westminster’s requirement for new buildings to include artworks, the practice designed striped mirrored glass fins that project from the glazing, creating wavering secondary reflections.

The clean lines of 215-219 Oxford Street belie the complexity of the building’s construction. The tight, partially concealed site put a premium on carefully programmed materials delivery and erection.