UK Construction Journal - Issue 1 - April 2026 - Flipbook - Page 87
Nissen Richards Studio obtains
planning permission to extend and
refurbish The Wiener Holocaust
Library - and wins commission to
design its new exhibition space
A proposal by Nissen Richards Studio to refurbish and extend The Wiener Holocaust Library in
London’s Bloomsbury Conservation Area has been granted planning permission by The London
Borough of Camden.
The scheme will see the refurbishment of part of the existing
Library and the creation of a new-build, 145 sq m, two storey
extension, containing a new gallery and learning space. The
new architectural vision for the site will also see the creation
of a ground-floor courtyard and a first-floor roof garden.
Nissen Richards Studio has additionally been commissioned
to create the interpretation and exhibition design for the new
gallery space, along with further interpretative elements to be
set throughout the existing building and new courtyard and
garden spaces.
“
rotating, curated displays drawn from its million-plus
collection of published and unpublished works, press
cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony”
Jim Richards, Director of Nissen Richards Studio explained.
“
We were commissioned to re-think the Library’s overall
spatial sequencing and to plan for the provision of new
spaces, as well as to create the exhibition design and
interpretation for the new gallery area.”
The Library was seeking to increase learning spaces
and create a new permanent gallery – in addition to its
existing temporary exhibition gallery – in order to present
The new building will be composed of a ground floor learning
space, with access to a new courtyard area abridging the
existing building, plus a first floor gallery looking out onto a
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