Fosters’ City Hall building could get listed status

By Jim Dunton2022-06-30T06:00:00

DCMS refuses to grant five-year immunity certificate for former Greater London Authority base

Foster & Partners’ City Hall building, which served as the headquarters for the mayor of London for almost 20 years, could soon get listed status, it has emerged.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has declined a request for a “certificate of immunity from listing” – or COI – made on behalf the building’s owners, which could have offered a window for radical redevelopment of the structure, or even demolition. The £50m building was completed by Mace 20 years ago.

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