Gensler has been given the green light to demolish a pub in Brixton which was at the centre of the 1990s “Young British Artists” movement and replace it with a 13-storey tower.

The Hero of Switzerland pub on the Loughborough Estate was a favourite haunt of a group of local artists who went on to transform the British art scene.

The YBAs, as they became known, include Damien Hirst, who is now the UK’s wealthiest living artist with a net worth of £315m, Sarah Lucas, Rachel Whiteread and Tracey Emin.

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