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Setback for AHMM as Lasdun’s IBM building listed

By 2020-06-23T06:00:00

Original details of Denys Lasdun's IBM headquarters

Twentieth Century Society hails grade II protection

Denys Lasdun’s IBM building on London’s South Bank has been listed, throwing a spanner in the works of AHMM’s redevelopment plans.

Historic England granted the National Theatre’s neighbour grade II protection and turned down a request for a certificate of immunity from listing (COI).

The Twentieth Century Society which had been lobbying for listing and which raised concerns over AHMM’s “heavy-handed” proposals, welcomed the news.

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