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Lasdun’s Ziggurats closed over failing concrete fears

By 2023-09-11T11:58:00

Lasdun Ziggurats

Grade II*-listed student accomodation blocks the second Lasdun project hit by RAAC crisis

The University of East Anglia (UEA) has closed Denys Lasdun’s grade II*-listed student accommodation due to warnings over unsafe lightweight concrete.

The Norfolk and Suffolk terraces, known as the Ziggurats, will be closed until further notice and students will be moved to to alternative sites, the university said.

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