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|image = File:Platform, Leeds.jpg |image_size = 240px |caption = City House over Leeds City railway station |name = City House |location = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |coordinates = {{coord|53.7949|-1.5468|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline,title}} |status = |roof = {{convert|52|m|ft|abbr=on}} |antenna_spire = |floor_count = 12 (plus the storeys of Leeds City railway station) |completion_date = 1962 |floor_area = |architect = John Poulson[1] |developer = British Railways |main_contractor = Taylor Woodrow[1] }}City House, known as Platform, is a building over Leeds railway station that was built as British Railways House in 1962.[1][2] The buildings were, like many other railway buildings in the UK, designed by the subsequently disgraced architect John Poulson. Poulson also designed the Leeds International Swimming Pool. Upon its construction it was famously lambasted by the poet John Betjeman, who said that the building blocked all the light out of City Square and was only a testament to money, having no architectural merit. He made similar criticism in 1968.[3] The building was bought by a property company, Kenmore, in 2006 with a view to regenerating what it described as a "tired and dilapidated" building. Kenmore received planning permission in 2008 to extend the building at the back (on the south side) and re-clad it in glazed curtain walling. The scheme was due to be completed in 2009.[4] However Kenmore went into liquidation in 2009 before the scheme had started.[5] A December 2011 photo shows little change from the 2008 image (right).[6] In 2010 the building was bought by office property company Bruntwood which plans to redevelop it.[7] Planning permission for the refurbishment was granted by Leeds City Council on 13 October 2011.[8] Bruntwood's brochure for the redevelopment claims that: "our aim is to transform this neglected property into a new high-profile business destination, creating office space to suit all sizes and types of organisation. The exterior of the building will be given a striking new look with contemporary curtain wall glazing. On the inside, the offices will be completely refurbished with the upper floors also boasting unrivalled panoramic views across the city".[9] Bruntwood will probably not start redevelopment of the building until it has a pre-let for some of the space and an agreement with Network Rail about improvements to the station's South Concourse, which is next to City House.[10] References1. ^http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2006822_161823 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/VirtualArchive/leeds-station|author=Network Rail|title=Leeds Station Timeline|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/16/betjeman-film-bbc|title=BBC revives unaired Betjeman film forgotten for 40 years|last=Wainwright|first=Martin|date=16 February 2009|work=The Guardian|location=London|accessdate=17 June 2012|quote=See 01:39-55 in the embedded video}} 4. ^1 2 Scott, Nigel (18 August 2008). "Unpopular Leeds landmark City House set for 'striking' redesign", Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved on 22 November 2008. 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.needofficespace.com/servicedoffice-blog/kenmore-property-group-goes-into-administration-owing-lloyds-banking-group-700-million-3655.html|date=18 November 2009|title=Kenmore Property Group goes into administration owing Lloyds Banking Group £700 million|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2717654|title=City House, New Station Street, Leeds|author=Stephen Richards (photographer)|date=3 December 2011|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2884|title=Bruntwood Look To Leeds Redevelopment|date=29 June 2011|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/files/19172513A207CA2D16728186201B19B3/pdf/11_02799_FU--501381.pdf|publisher=Leeds City Council|title=Refurbishment of 14 storey offices including new lift and Mezzanine level extension|date=14 October 2011|accessdate=17 June 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bruntwood.co.uk/cityhouse/office-space|accessdate=17 June 2012|title=City House|author=Bruntwood|date=March 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/64742-city-house-hold-until-station-guarantee|author=Insider Media Ltd|title=Bruntwood calls for Leeds station guarantees|date=19 January 2012|accessdate=17 June 2012}} External links{{commonscat|City House, Leeds}}
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