David Chipperfield Architects recently completed Selfridges Duke Street, a new entrance building and accessories hall for the Selfridges department store in London. 

The department store is housed in a beaux-arts style building on Oxford Street completed in 1929. Selfridges eventually expanded into a new art deco style building to the north, and developed into a hodgepodge of styles mixed together. 

The firm's goal is part of a larger redevelopment plan for Selfridges to establish architectural continuity and fluidity throughout the entire complex. 

The project covers the entire east wing of the ground floor in the Oxford Street flagship location. The entryway unites two historic buildings and create a new continuous floor plane for the accessories hall. 

Dates: 2014–18
Gross floor area: 5,000m2
Client: Selfridges Retail Ltd.
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects London
Directors in charge: David Chipperfield, Louise Dier, Rik Nys (Design lead)
Project director: Benito Blanco
Project architects: Richard Marks, Sergio Pereira
Lighting consultant: Viabizzuno Srl
Landscape architect: Djao-Rakitine
Structural engineer: Expedition Engineering
MEP: Arup, Waterman Group
Cost consultant: Alinea Consulting
Façade engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Planning consultant: Jones Land LaSalle
Photography: Simon Menges