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St Pauls tower
General information
StatusUnder construction
TypeResidential
LocationSheffield, England
Construction started2006
Completed2008
Height
Roof101 m (331 ft)
Technical details
Floor count32 and 9 (two separate blocks)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Conran & Partners
DeveloperCity Lofts group

St Pauls tower, or City Lofts tower or the Conran tower, is the title commonly given to a major development proposal in Sheffield City Centre. Primarily faced with concrete and glass, the scheme is comprised of a 32 storey tower called the tower, along with an associated 9 storey block called St Paul's view, which fronts onto two new squares, Millenium Square and the as-yet incomplete St Pauls Square, soon to form part of a new bar and restaurant district. The Tower and associated squares form part of the St Paul's Place, which also includes three office blocks, a multi-storey car park and a casino. They represent just one element of the wider regeneration of the area around Sheffield Town Hall, known as the Heart of the City Project. The tower will be the tallest structure in Sheffield at 101 m, overtaking the Arts Tower by a significant margin. The tower and its smaller neighbour will provide private apartments for city centre living, with retail on the ground-floor of the tower, facing Arundel Gate and restaurants on the upper-ground floor of St Paul's View, facing St Paul's Place.

Planning permission was given in October 2005, final ground excavation work began in August 2006 and construction commenced in December 2006. The construction process of the development is due to be completed early 2008.

The development will include a total of 316 one and two-bedroom apartments located in two linked towers of 31 and 9 storeys. The project has been sensitively designed to create a striking modern building whilst complementing the adjacent Grade 1 listed town hall and the modern winter gardens. The light and slender towers create architectural forms that are both original and elegant, whilst high quality traditional and modern materials will be used to ensure the building’s lasting contribution to the skyline. The building will incorporate a variety of complementary external treatments with the use of extensive glazing, warm stone cladding (not often seen in tall buildings), specially made terracotta rainscreen, copper cladding and bronzed aluminium louvre panels creating a distinctive and memorable scheme.

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Buildings in Sheffield, England
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 Within Sheffield City Centre: BioincubatorCathedralCatholic CathedralCentral LibraryChesham House*Church of St. NicholasCity HallCobweb BridgeCutlers Hall23 Furnival Gate*1 Furnival Square*Glossop Road BathsHannover House#Howden HouseJessop HospitalKelham Island Industrial museum (and Brewery) • Lady's BridgeLyceumMillennium GalleriesNational Centre for Popular MusicOld Queen's Head, SheffieldPennine CentreOwen BuildingRedvers HouseOld Town HallPark Square BridgeShowroom CinemaSt. Paul's Tower#Sir Frederick Mappin BuildingSt George's ChurchTelephone HouseTown HallSydney WorksV1Velocity Tower#West Bar Gateway Tower*Weston Tower*Winter Gardens 

 In the outskirts: Abbeydale Industrial HamletAbbeydale Picture HouseAlfred Denny BuildingArts TowerAttercliffe ChapelBeauchief AbbeyBirley SpaBroom HallCarbrook HallCholera MonumentThe CremorneFirth CourtHicks BuildingHillsborough BarracksManorNorthern General HospitalOctagon CentreRegent CourtRoyal Hallamshire HospitalRoyal InfirmaryShepherd WheelShrewsbury HospitalSpital Tower*St Mark's ChurchSt Mary's ChurchTinsley ViaductTotley TunnelWeston Park MuseumWicker Arches

 Stations past and present: Bridgehouses railway stationSheffield Midland stationSheffield Victoria stationSheffield Wicker railway station 

  Major complexes: Crystal PeaksHeart of the CityMeadowhallNew Retail QuarterPark Hill 

  Sports and Entertainment venues: Bramall LaneBright Finance StadiumDon Valley StadiumEISHallam FM ArenaHillsborough ParkHillsborough StadiumIceSheffieldOwlerton StadiumPonds ForgeSandygate RoadSki Village  

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  *Proposed/approved 

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