{"id":923693,"date":"2026-04-28T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/923693\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:42:14","slug":"c20-society-calls-for-listing-of-1990s-pomo-canary-wharf-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/923693\/","title":{"rendered":"C20 Society calls for listing of 1990s PoMo Canary Wharf building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a consultation last month, the C20 society said it \u2018strongly recommended\u2019 listing 10 Cabot Square, a 10-storey office by SOM in the Chicago Neoclasssical style, which is currently subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/howells-to-part-demolish-and-extend-90s-pomo-building-in-canary-wharf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partial demolition under plans<\/a> drawn up by Howells.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plans for Canary Wharf Group, submitted to Tower Hamlets in January, only the foundations and primary structure of SOM\u2019s 1991 office building in Canary Wharf\u2019s North Dock would be retained.<\/p>\n<p>Howells\u2019 scheme would add three storeys to the 35-year-old building plus a roof plant level, introduce internal reconfiguration, and swap the current PoMo-Neoclassical frontage for a bright-red \u2018high-performance\u2019 fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>The C20 Society told the AJ it considers 10 Cabot Square \u2018the finest example of this type of architecture remaining in Canary Wharf\u2019 and \u2018an exceptionally well-designed synthesis of the early Chicago skyscraper and its London context\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Olympia and York\u2019s requirement for Canary Wharf was that it was \u201cquintessentially Postmodern in its desire for a development that looked rooted in place and time\u201d,\u2019 said the campaign group about SOM\u2019s original 1985 masterplan for Canary Wharf.<\/p>\n<p>The society added that 10 Cabot Square was \u2018resolutely American in its stylings, with Sullivan-like ornament and a high-quality fa\u00e7ade system of brick and stone-clad panels, meeting more traditionally British features such as the arcades\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Howells said in planning documents that, while the 1991 building\u2019s steel frame and foundations could be reused, the current Neoclassical fa\u00e7ade had deteriorated over time and \u2018contributed to adverse effects on the building\u2019s performance and aesthetics\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The atrium and office floors will be reconfigured to allow for the introduction of terraces and daylight into the building, Howells added. On the ground floor, active uses will be introduced that \u2018may include retail, entertainment and food and beverage units\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The AJ understands Historic England carried out a consultation in early March but has not yet carried out a formal assessment on 10 Cabot Square. Any recommendation would then go to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to make a final decision.<\/p>\n<p>Both C20 and Historic England are consultees on the Howells scheme. The C20 Society has objected to the planning application while HE has said it \u2018has no objection to the application on heritage grounds, subject to the outcome of the listing application\u2019 and that the building has \u2018some architectural quality\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Canary Wharf Group and Howells declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a consultation last month, the C20 society said it \u2018strongly recommended\u2019 listing 10 Cabot Square, a 10-storey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,25596,46091,393,4884,258870,257,154740,222236,16,15],"class_list":["post-923693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-canary-wharf","tag-canary-wharf-group","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-howells","tag-london","tag-postmodernism","tag-twentieth-century-society","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}