Architect behind rival Liverpool Street station plan says Network Rail’s preferred option will mean people in future will ask ‘how in the name of God, did this get built?’

By Tom Lowe2026-02-10T07:32:00

John McAslan asks councillors to think about what a ‘successful outcome’ would be as City readies for long-delayed planning decision

The architect behind a rival plan for the redevelopment of Liverpool Street station has urged councillors to think carefully about the future before making a decision on Network Rail’s £1bn plans for the site ahead of a vote on the scheme today.

John McAslan, who designed the extension of King’s Cross station, said if the Acme-designed proposals for the UK’s busiest station were approved people in the future would look at the building and ask “how in the name of God did this ever get built?”

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