Lumiere

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An artists impression of Lumiere

Lumiere is a skyscraper development that is due to begin construction in early 2007 in Leeds, England. It is a second phase to the redevelopment of a Royal Mail sorting office, which has already seen a 65 m tall former Royal Mail office reclad to become apartments called West Central. The construction of Lumiere will consist of two towers of a height of 54 storeys / 171 m and 32 storeys / 112 m, both of which are to be clad in glass, with the taller tower to be predominantly blue and the smaller tower to be of a reddish hue. The developer behind the project is KW Linfoot and the buildings designed by Ian Simpson and the structural design of the building is by WSP. It will house a mixture of apartments, offices, shops, cafes, restaurants and a Winter Garden. The building, due to be complete by 2009, could potentially become the tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London, a whole two metres taller than the current tallest building, Beetham Tower, Manchester. However, Manchester has already confirmed the construction of an even taller tower in the form of Inacity's Eastgate Tower, which at 188m would be taller than Lumiere). On 21 July 2006 it was made official that building of these towers would begin in 2007 after councillors gave the proposals approval for construction.