Eric Parry RA - 50 Fenchurch Street Tuesday, 16 June 2020 50 Fenchurch Street is an exciting new City of London development proposed by The Clothworkers’ Company. Eric Parry RA (Eric Parry Architects) discuss' the scheme, which includes a new office building, Livery Hall for The Clothworkers’ Company, public roof garden, and winter garden and a significant new public realm situated around a restored Grade I Tower of All Hallows Staining.
Image courtesy of Make Architects On a sun-drenched afternoon in early April, members of the City Architecture Forum filtered through the thirsty Leadenhall Market to arrive at an exclusive tour of 40 Leadenhall. A striking and unavoidable new presence on the City’s skyline and one of the most ambitious commercial...
Rebranding retrofit as ‘FutureFit’ to generate a more positive, forward-looking image and removing or reducing VAT on refurb projects, with developers incentivised to pursue retrofit first through a reward based planning approach, were suggestions at CAF’s Retrofit at Scale event, hosted by architect and design firm Gensler. Gensler’s Co-Managing Director...
The City Corporation will work “collaboratively and transparently” with developers, architects and their teams alongside businesses to deliver “Destination City”, the object of City Plan 2040, the new Director of Environment, Katie Stewart (below, middle right), told a packed City Architecture Forum annual dinner. 88 CAF members and guests filled...
