John McAslan wins backing for Leeds student tower
Leeds student tower for Downing by John McAslan & Partners
Councillors approve 21-storey building for developer Downing
John McAslan & Partners has secured the backing of Leeds city councillors for a 21-storey student housing tower for developer Downing in Leeds.
Councillors agreed to grant outline permission, pending approval of construction materials, for a tower containing 404 student bedrooms, the second development phase on a site formerly occupied by Leeds Metropolitan University.
The building comprises four clusters of student accommodation centred around a common core, which features cantilevered extensions.
At ground floor level the building features full height glazing. Light grey terracotta is used on the spine to complement earlier phases on the site, while grooved dark grey terracotta is proposed as a contrast on the wings.
The building is proposed alongside existing Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardell campus buildings.
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Readers' comments (5)
I feel for students these days. As if it wasnt bad enough facing almost certain unemployment on graduation and massive debt, theyre also been forced to pay through the nose to live in grim rabbit hutches like this
can somebody please tell john to stop watching topgun
Tha drawing is just a generic lump.
We could almost be back in the 1960s, except for the square windows.
You were clearly not there in the 1960s, when architecture was rich in experimentation and some of the best buildings in the world were made. Now look at what we get. Lumps.