100 Leadenhall Street, London Building, Project Planning Consent, Architect, Architecture Images
100 Leadenhall Street in London
Planning Consent for Skyscraper: Tall Building UK ? design by SOM Architects
10 Jal 2018
100 Leadenhall Street
Architects: SOM

Location: Leadenhall Street, London, England
100 Leadenhall Street

The SOM designed 100 Leadenhall Street, for the Lai Sun Development Group and their asset manager London & Oriental, has been awarded planning consent by committee today, the morning of Tuesday 10th July. This leads on from the planning submission in January 2018, following SOM?s appointment in 2016 after a design competition between five renowned architectural teams.

At 263.4m AOD the building will be the third tallest in the City of London and falls within the City?s eastern cluster. Providing over 1.3M sf GEA of office-led development, the project is thought to be the last significant development opportunity in the cluster. The tower adopts a tapered form to ensure that the impact on significant views of St Paul?s Cathedral from Fleet Street and other key London views are respected and incorporates a richly articulated façade incorporating a diamond glazing pattern. The building places sustainability to the fore and targets BREEAM Excellent alongside other carbon and energy saving strategies. Leadenhall Street?s buildings are predominantly stone and the building embraces this with limestone elevations at its base. At ground floor, a number of...