College Tower Causing Divisions in Kensington Neighbourhood

A new, 35-storey tower at Imperial College London's White City campus has come under attack from local residents.

The building is a key component of the college campus's bold redesign, and its construction started in May 2016. The structure has now reached its full height and due for completion in 2019.

When finished the tower will be primarily residential, and will contain 192 flats, some of which will be at below-market rents for the college's key workers.

But local resident Henry Peterson and his 420-member residents' association have tried to fight the project, describing it as "Imperial folly." And they are not alone. Anita Lowenstein Dent, an international development consultant who regularly walks in the local area, says:

"It now dominates the landscape with its inappropriate shape and size and is a blight on the otherwise uninterrupted skyline.

"I regularly walk on the open space and enjoyed the impression that this was a final urban wilderness. The views are now forever altered by the scar of the tower upon the sky. Those who live in its shadow say they have all lost significant amount of light from their homes."

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