Adjaye to redesign 20-storey Brixton tower following local revolt

Adjaye Brixton 3

London mayor agreed to postpone decision on scheme after request from developer less than two weeks before scheduled hearing

Adjaye Associates has been told to rethink its designs for a 20-storey office tower in Brixton less than two weeks before the mayor of London Sadiq Khan was due to make a decision on the scheme.

Developer Hondo Enterprises instructed the practice to go back to the drawing board following the publication of a damning appraisal of the plans by Historic England and local campaigners.

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