David Chipperfield Architects has been granted planning permission for the final elements of its three-block La Confluence scheme in the French city of Lyon.

The 30,000sq m scheme was developed in collaboration with Vera Associés, Aires Mateus Associados and local architects AIA, for Lyon’s high-profile regeneration zone on former industrial land at the peninsula created by the convergence of the Rhône and Saône rivers.

Chipperfield secured consent for the development’s first urban block last year. It brings together four buildings including an office block designed for flexibility and potential future conversion into apartments. Construction is due to start in the coming weeks.

The architect said the second and third urban blocks would include a mixed-use tower and a social housing building with timber structure.

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