Image: 1 Undershaft's feature staircase featuring London Museum graphics (© DBOX)
As plans for 1 Undershaft are approved, more details are revealed about the new building’s cultural offering
A free to visit public space and children’s education space inside the City of London’s tallest building is set to open, in partnership with the London Museum.
Proposals have this week been approved for what will become the City of London’s tallest building, built between the ‘Gherkin’ and the Leadenhall building.
Plans for the 74-storey office tower, to be known as 1 Undershaft, include 1,000 sqm of free to visit elevated public space and children’s education space.
Two of the uppermost floors, levels 72 and 73, are set to be operated in partnership with the London Museum, alongside public roof gardens, terraces and viewing galleries within the building.
The building will also feature a 2,500 sqm publicly accessible podium garden, 42 metres above street level with a structural glass floor and as yet unconfirmed “cultural attractions”, across levels 10 to 12.
Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee, Shravan Joshi, said: “I’m particularly pleased that we will be able to work with the London Museum to open the uppermost floors of 1 Undershaft to schoolchildren and local communities, a classroom in the sky, developing another inclusive, unique visitor destination that makes the Square Mile the best place to live, work, play and invest.”
“1 Undershaft is a truly remarkable building that will not only help to deliver on the demands for economic growth, through the high-quality office space it offers, but also contribute to the City’s growing cultural offer and tourist appeal.
