We are delighted that team ‘Able and Elliott Wood’, a collaboration between Able Partners, an architecture practice, and Elliott Wood a structural engineering firm in Fitzrovia have won the ‘Warren Street Design’ competition. Rabbit Warren Street will unveil a highly creative solution that reimagines the entry into Fitzrovia via Warren Street.

Rabbit Warren Street, created by Able & Partners with Elliot Wood, is a fun and bold solution which will improve the pedestrian area outside the station and encourage passers-by to ‘dive into’ Fitzrovia through eye-catching wayfinding.

This exciting placemaking intervention is funded by corporate sponsors, it builds on Fitzrovia’s history of pushing creative boundaries and aims to shift perspectives on what can be done with the public realm to pave the way for future schemes.

Their bold proposal – which takes the idea of a ‘rabbit warren’ as an approach to navigation – demonstrated a strength of vision, playfulness and a deep understanding of the local context. Seeking to transform the area around Warren Street to improve the experience of the public realm and invite passers-by to ‘dive into’ Fitzrovia, eye-catching wayfinding will be threaded throughout the scheme. It will guide pedestrians to less polluted and safer pathways through Fitzrovia and be a discovery of its rich heritage and unique central London offering.

The competition focuses on improving gateways into Fitzrovia and tests public realm schemes to improve navigation and the overall experience around the area. 

Local community groups and businesses have been invited to contribute to a conceptual map of Warren Street to aid visitors and locals alike to understand the ‘warren’.