The City of London Corporation has approved AHMM-designed plans for a 24-storey office-led development on Houndsditch.

Described by AHMM co-founder – and current RIBA president – Simon Allford as “biophilic”, the structure will deliver more than 56,500 sq m of office space, flexible retail/café space and new public realm.

It will replace a series of “harsh” 1980s buildings that AHMM said had created a hostile pedestrian experience with narrow pavements on the site, which is opposite Foggo Associates’ Can of Ham building.

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