Article source:  SHH Architects

Architects and designers SHH have transformed ZSL London Zoo’s main restaurant (The Terrace Restaurant),by remodelling and extending the 1920s building as part of a three-year, £4.6m project. The restaurant’s capacityhas nearly tripled as a result,from 240 to 700 covers (making it one of the UK’s largest day-visitor restaurants), whilst the building’s footprinthas also increased by almost 1,000 sq m, to includetwo expansive terraces and a hugely-increased mezzanine floor area.

Image Courtesy © Alastair Lever

• Architects: SHH Architects
• Project: Terrace Restaurant
• Location: London Zoo, England
• Photography: Alastair Lever
• Client: ZSL (Zoological Society London)
• Architect & Lead Designer:  SHH (Team: Neil Hogan, Brendan Heath, Alasdair Galloway, Peter Brown, RoseMcShane, James Campbell, Adam, Woodward, AlexPodolsky, Imogene Mitchell)
• Contract Administrator: SHH
• Cost Consultants: WTPartnership
• Catering Consultant: Boyd-Thorpe Associates
• M&E: ME7
• Structural Engineers: HRW
• Main Contractor: Buxtons
• Kitchen Layout, Counters, Signage: Design Front
• Catering Contractor: Ampersand
• Landscaping: James Aldridge Design