‘We hope to be a good neighbour’: how the new Liverpool Street station team is rethinking London’s most controversial project

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A week after Herzog & de Meuron’s proposals were dropped, Building speaks to Network Rail and the scheme’s new architect Acme about the redesign of the listed station and what exactly has happened to development partner Sellar

It has been one of the most talked about project in London since the pandemic. The redevelopment of Liverpool Street station, first revealed by Building in March 2022, has been a regular presence in local, trade and national press for more than two years. Controversial from the beginning, its radical proposal to transform the Victorian station has provoked the ire of heritage bodies, campaign groups, neighbouring councils and, worst of all, celebrities. And with a development value of around £1.5bn, it is also one of the biggest jobs in the capital.

Last week the long-running saga took another twist, with the scheme’s client, Network Rail, scrapping its original plans and unveiling an entirely new proposal designed by a different architect. London-based Acme has taken over from former lead architect Herzog & de Meuron, while Network Rail’s development partner Sellar, the developer of the Shard, has effectively been dropped. 

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