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High profile architects tear into SOM’s Barbican office scheme as objections top 1,000

By 2026-01-07T13:29:00

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High profile architects including Stirling Prize-winner Amanda Levete are among more than 1,000 people who have now spoken out against SOM’s plans for two 20-storey office towers next to the Barbican.

The 1 Silk Street scheme, expected to be the last major project for 22 Bishopsgate developer Lipton Rogers, has amassed a total of 1,038 objections from members of the public against just nine public representations of support.

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