AHMM has submitted proposals to radically rework Rock Townsend Architects’ postmodern Angel Square office development in Islington, north London.

The practice’s plans for Tishman Speyer would see the landmark 1980s development’s Italianate campanile-style clock tower removed, along with the structure’s brick facades, for a glass-focused makeover. The development is a stone’s throw from 1980s office block the Angel Building, the redevelopment of which saw AHMM shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2011.

Angel Square’s current three blocks provide 14,549sq m of office space and a pub, on the corner of Torrens Street and City Road. The building also includes the entrance to Angel Station on London Underground’s Northern Line.

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