"Developers LaSalle Investment Management, Lipton Rogers and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) say they have listened to feedback and made "substantial" revisions to the 1 Silk Street plan, and have reduced the western section of the block by three storeys. The original plans for the 1980s former Linklaters building involved demolishing it and building a block of two towers, each standing 20 storeys above the ground floor."
"A spokesperson for campaign group Barbican Quarter Action (BQA) said the height reduction was welcome but "brings no relief". Under the revised design, the western tower's 17 storeys would still be three storeys taller than the current block, while the eastern tower remains 20 storeys above the ground."
"Despite this, the BQA spokesperson told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): "No, the developer has not listened. Consultation fell on deaf ears, as these revisions demonstrate." They added that trimming the western end "is a token gesture that brings no relief" and that the building will "steal light and privacy"."
Developers LaSalle Investment Management, Lipton Rogers, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill proposed demolishing a 1980s building and constructing two 20-storey towers at 1 Silk Street opposite the Barbican. Around 1,000 objections were lodged, with residents criticizing the design as overpowering. In response, developers reduced the western tower to 17 storeys while keeping the eastern tower at 20 storeys, claiming this significantly reduces daylight loss to neighbouring properties like Speed House and Cromwell Tower. The revisions also reduce office floorspace by 5%. However, the Barbican Quarter Action campaign group rejected these changes as a token gesture, arguing the building will still steal light and privacy, and contending that consultation was ignored.
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