‘New Ludgate’ is the transformation of a City block into a generous and lively new quarter for London. White precast concrete frames, simply detailed, respect their neighbours and set off the floor-to-ceiling low-ion glazing, while vivid amber ‘Kathedral’ glass fins are used on the piazzetta ‘accent’ façade in the new public space, where a mature tree provides shade and visual link for Belle Sauvage. Retail and restaurants line the ground floor, reinstated at grade, while the passageway’s York stone paving morphs from standard yorkstone into dark granite to draw pedestrians through. In terms of sustainability, both buildings are BREEAM ‘Excellent’, influenced mainly in 60 Ludgate Hill’s case by the amount of daylighting it has been designed to achieve, reducing the need for artificial light on the office floors.