Richard Rogers’ Channel 4 Headquarters building in Westminster has been granted grade II-listed status amid concerns for the future of the 1990s high-tech building.

Earlier this month campaign group the 20^th Century Society included the building, designed in conjunction with structural engineer Ove Arup & Partners, on its list of the UK’s 10 modern buildings most “at risk”.

The society said the Horseferry Road building was “undoubtedly” one of Rogers’ most significant public commissions in the UK. But it said Channel 4’s decision to move its national headquarters to Leeds and uncertainty over the broadcaster’s future ownership left the structure “vulnerable to alteration or redevelopment”.

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