'Tired 1970s' look: Design for new tallest building in Leeds splits opinion

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The hexagonal-shaped block of flats would stretch to 40 storeys and 125 metres in height, making it taller than anything else on the Leeds skyline.

Developers are looking to build two office blocks and a residential tower with more than 400 flats off Lisbon Street in the city centre, next to the A58 and close to the city’sStretching to 40 storeys and 125 metres in height, the block of flats would be hexagonal in shape and stand taller than anything else on theNo planning application for the development has been submitted yet, but the early designs for the scheme divided the views of local councillors, who saw them for the first time at a...

“It’s got that kind of off-white style that could be a concrete building if you looked at it. Is there anything that could be done to improve the appearance as you look at it from a distance if you’re coming into Leeds? These are important buildings on a main route into the city.” He said: “It’s quite hard to show this on the images but it will have an interesting reflectivity to it as the sun moves round the sky.

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