| Greenhouse | |
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| Former names | Shaftesbury House |
| Alternative names | The Greenhouse |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Ecomodernism (formerly Art Deco) |
| Location | Leeds, LS11 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°46′53″N 01°33′07″W / 53.78139°N 1.55194°W |
| Opened | 15 December 1938 |
| Renovated | 1 October 2010 |
| Renovation cost | £12.5 million (construction cost);[1] 26-27m (overall cost)[2] |
| Landlord | GRIF—Ground Rents Income Fund Plc |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 8 (7 habitable) |
| Floor area | 12,623 m2 (135,870 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | R. A. H. Livett |
| Developer | Leeds City Council |
| Awards and prizes | yes |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | West and Machell Architects |
| Renovating firm | Citu |
| Structural engineer | Thomasons |
| Services engineer | Arup, Woods Environmental |
| Quantity surveyor | Sum |
| Main contractor | Clegg Construction |
| Website | |
| Greenhouse: Where Sustainability Lives and Works at the Wayback Machine (archived January 31, 2020) | |
| References | |
| [3] | |
Greenhouse is an eight-storey, mixed-use block of eco-flats in Beeston, Leeds. The building took its present form in 2010, after renovation of a 1938 development, Shaftesbury House. As Shaftesbury House, the building was noted for its technologically innovative, modernist housing of migrant workers. As Greenhouse, it has been noted for an approach to promoting ecological and social sustainability far ahead of most of the UK building industry.
- ^ Craig Bolton, 'Greenhouse, Leeds by West and Machell Architects', Architects Journal (25 March 2011).
- ^ Katie Barker, 'Energy independence for Leeds housing scheme', Construction News (2 April 2014).
- ^ Craig Bolton, 'Greenhouse, Leeds by West and Machell Architects', Architects Journal (25 March 2011).