Just weeks after appearing on the latest Risk List of endangered British buildings published by modern architectural preservation nonprofit 20th Century Society (C20), the Richard Rogers Partnership–designed London headquarters of television broadcaster Channel 4 has been Grade II–listed by governmental agency Historic England. The oft-photographed Big 4 sculpture located outside the building’s concave glazed entry wall is reportedly not part of the listing.
Comprising 92 percent of listed sites across England, Grade II signifies “special interest” or the second-highest level of architectural and/or historic importance that can be bestowed to a structure and affords them with an elevated level of legal protection against demolition, alteration, neglect, and other threats. Completed in 1994, the Channel 4 building, located at 124–126 Horseferry Road in the City of Westminster, reportedly ranks among the youngest listed buildings in Britain and joins similarly youthful heritage sites like Will Alsop’s La Frégate Café (1997) on the Channel Island of Jersey, which was listed late last year.
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