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Plans for new Rogers Tower unveiled
Richard Rogers Partnership - Cityscape
A planning application has just been submitted for a major new building, designed by leading international architects the Richard Rogers Partnership, by The British Land Company PLC for The Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall Street, London EC3.
The new 48-floor glass tower encloses a revealed structural steel frame, with colour and light adding depth and animation to the north-facing fa�ade. Its slender, tapering form rises to a height of 736 .5 ft (224.5 m) in the eastern cluster of tall buildings in the City of London.
Lord Rogers of the Richard Rogers Partnership, said: "This light and transparent tower will have a strong sense of identity and character with a spire-like tapering profile - respecting views of St Paul's. Its lightness, clarity and drama will grace London's skyline".
Lord Rogers of Riverside is joining the panel at a City Identity Debate in Southampton on 18 March 2004. To join the debate and hear Lord Rogers views on whether iconic architecture can make a difference to the identity of a city
visit the City Identity pages on this web site.
The new structure will be unlike anything else in London, with a spectacular scale of some half an acre of public space at the base of the building, featuring mature trees. It will provide a major attraction within the dense urban character of the City, where people can sit and relax, eat, or enjoy a programme of events and entertainment - art exhibitions, music performance and cinema screenings.
The space provides a new public route linking Leadenhall Street with Undershaft and St. Helen's Square: restaurants, bars and caf�s will enliven the lower levels of the building from ground through to third floor.
For further information please contact Robert Torday, Head of Communications, Richard Rogers Partnership on tel. 0207 746 0213 or email [email protected]
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