Fletcher Priest scoops planning for revamp of SOM’s 135 Bishopsgate
Plans by Fletcher Priest for the overhaul of SOM’s ’defensive’ 135 Bishopsgate on the 1980s Broadgate office campus have been approved by the City of London.
Backed by British Land and GIC, the plans involve refurbishing the interior of the 29-year-old block, improving the connectivity with the street and installing terraces and green spaces on the upper levels.
An extra 3,500m² of shops is included, however there is no proposed overall increase in the size of the original Postmodern building.
The office block is one of a trio of buildings completed in Broadgate by SOM in 1988, alongside 155 and 175 Bishopsgate, which form a 274-metre continuous, ’monumental’ frontage along the road near Liverpool Street Station.
The revamp is part of the wider, ongoing transformation of Broadgate, with which Fletcher Priest has a long-standing association having developed the outline masterplan for this part of the campus in the 1990s.