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City approves AHMM’s Barbican-inspired retrofit scheme

By 2024-09-11T11:45:00

45 Beech Street 2

Office next to Barbican estate to be transformed into 174 co-living homes

AHMM’s plans for a retrofit of a 1950s office building next to the Barbican estate have been approved by the City of London.

The proposals for 45 Beech Street have aimed to blend in with its surroundings with a series of round arches on its roof, mimicking the characteristic design motif of Chamberlin, Powell and Bon’s 1970s brutalist complex.

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