In pictures - progress of LCF's new building on East Bank, March 2022

The structural frame of the building, internal stairs, and atria are now complete. Designed as a focal point by architects Allies and Morrison, the frontal orange-peel staircase was designed to signify an operatic and theatrical entrance to the public realm of the building. Expanded's project team, who constructed the staircase, describes how they delivered the insitu-concrete poured staircase in this video.

The scalloped cladding is complete up to the 11th floor and windows are now installed up to the 7th floor. This weather resilience now means the fit-out and building services of those floors can progress in the lower half of the building. The installation of the lifts has also now begun.

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