The Hallelujah Project at Handel Hendrix House has recently been short listed for the RIBA London Awards 2025.

Handel Hendrix House presents the homes of George Frideric Handel who lived at no. 25 from 1723 until his death in 1759 and Jimi Hendrix who moved into an adjoining flat in 1968. The buildings are presented as an evolving celebration of their lives, sharing their music and collections to provide enjoyment, inspiration, and education. The project has successfully restored and united both buildings to the forms the musicians occupied so their stories can be better told. Handel’s historic ground and lower-ground floors and the Brook Street façade were reinstated, and the lightwell reopened, and the railings installed. Converting retail space, back to its post-Great Fire of London planform, required significant alteration, removing structural changes, while being mindful of the budget, the challenges of a tight central London site, and working with a Grade I listed building.

Find out more about the competition on the RIBA website or about the other short listed projects here