BIG has revealed proposals to replace a large 1980s office building on a historic site beside the Thames in central London.

Red Lion Court is next to the former Financial Times headquarters in Bankside which is also slated for redevelopment. The pair were identified in Southwark’s local plan as a “key development opportunity”.

The buildings are located between Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street rail bridge. Red Lion Court’s other neighbour is the Anchor pub from where Samuel Pepys is said to have watched the Great Fire of London.

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