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Lumiere (skyscraper)
Lumiere ed in 2010.[1] The project was put on hold in 2008 and of-
ficially cancelled in 2010.[2]
Design and planning
The project represented the second phase of the redevel-
opment of a Royal Mail sorting office, which had already
seen a 65 metres (213 ft) tall former Royal Mail office re-
clad to become apartments called West Point.
It was planned than Lumiere would consist of two
towers of heights 54 storeys / 171 m (561 ft) and 32
storeys / 112 m (367 ft), both clad in glass, with the taller
tower predominantly blue and the smaller tower of a red-
dish hue. The developers behind the project were KW
Linfoot and Scarborough Development Group, and the
designers were Ian Simpson Architects and, for the struc-
tural design, WSP Group. The construction was being car-
ried out by Carillion.
If construction had proceeded the building would
have housed a mixture of apartments, offices, shops,
cafés, restaurants and a Winter Garden. There would
have been over 20,000 sq ft (2,000 m2) of retail space and
10,000 sq ft (1,000 m2) of usable office space in the de-
velopment, and several restaurants and eating establish-
ments. There would also have been around 650 apart-
ments, communal areas and apartments designed by YOO
designs.
If completed according to the original proposals, the
tower would have become the tallest building in Leeds
General information and Western Europe’s tallest residential skyscraper. It
would have exceeded the height of Beetham Tower Man-
Status Never built chester, to become the tallest building in the United
Location Wellington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Kingdom outside London if completed before the Pic-
England cadilly Tower in Manchester. On 21 July 2006 councillors
approved the proposals, with construction scheduled to
Height
begin in 2007.
Roof 172 metres (564 ft)
Technical details Construction
Floor count 55 Groundwork began with boreholes in spring 2007;
Design and construction
throughout the late summer of 2007 the site was cleared.
In September 2007 work commenced to excavate and re-
Main Carillion move the existing foundations and basement of the pre-
contractor
vious Royal Mail building. Substructure work began in
Architect Ian Simpson Architects early 2008, with the piling works completed by June 2008.
Developer KW Linfoot
Suspension
Lumiere was a mixed-use skyscraper development in
However, on 9 July 2008, developers KW Linfoot an-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, intended to be complet-
nounced that the project had been put on hold due to the
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increased the planned height of each tower by 1 m
(3.3 ft).[6]
In February 2009 the developers of Lumiere, KW Lin-
foot, went into administration[citation needed]; the devel-
opment was a joint venture and was taken over com-
pletely by KW Linfoot’s joint venture partners[citation need-
ed]. In August 2010, the owners of the Lumiere devel-
opment announced they would enter voluntary liquida-
tion[2], meaning the building will not now be built[2]. The
investors will recover their money as they are covered by
an insurance policy[2].
Proposed height of the completed Lumiere, compared to the
height of other existing and approved tall buildings in Leeds.
See also
• List of tallest buildings in Leeds
• Architecture of Leeds
References
[1] BBC News article on the proposed development
[2] ^ "Leeds Lumière is scrapped", Yorkshire Evening
Post, 24 August 2010
[3] "City building project put on hold". BBC News.
2008-07-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/
west_yorkshire/7498572.stm. Retrieved
2008-07-09.
[4] "Leeds Lumiere Towers Put on Hold".
Skyscrapernews.com. 9 July 2008.
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/
news.php?ref=1625.
[5] "Leeds Approves Revised Lumiere Proposals".
Skyscrapernews.com. 24 July 2008.
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/
news.php?ref=1650.
[6] "Leeds Lumiere: Revised plan for city’s tallest
building". Yorkshire Evening Post. 24 July 2008.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/
Leeds-Lumiere-Revised-plan-for.4319680.jp.
Picture taken of the Lumiere site on 1st August 2008 after work
to construct the Ian Simpson designed twin skyscraper scheme
was put on hold
External links
• Lumiere on Skyscraper News
credit crunch, and construction would not resume un-
til the economy stabilised.[3] [4] Following the postpone-
ment of construction, it was announced that the devel-
oper had received approval from Leeds City Council to
include an additional floor in each tower, the two tow-
ers now comprising 55 storeys and 33 storeys.[5] This
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• Buildings and structures in Leeds
• Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
• Construction projects in the United Kingdom
• Twin towers
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