Altus House

Altus House
Altus House
	Altus House in 2021
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Skyscraper
Location	Merrion Way, Arena Quarter, Leeds, England
Construction started	2019
Completed	2021
Height
Roof	114 m (374 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	38
Design and construction
Developer	Zena Ltd / Olympian Homes
Main contractor	RG Group

Altus House is a 37-storey, residential skyscraper in Arena Quarter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The building consists of over 752 student units.^{[citation needed]} Altus House is the tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire taking the title from Bridgewater Place in 2021.

Tallest building accolades

After topping out in late 2020, Altus became the tallest building in West Yorkshire, and the tallest in the wider county of Yorkshire. It became Leeds' third building over 100m along with Bridgewater Place and Sky Plaza,^{[citation needed]} the former of which previously held the title of the tallest building in Yorkshire.

It was the 13th tallest building in the United Kingdom outside Greater London upon completion.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Hume House, which occupied the site prior
Altus house and White rose view under construction on merrion way.
Render of Altus House.
Altus house under construction on the Leeds skyline

References

^ Under the Emporis Standards Committee, a skyscraper is defined as a multi-storey building which is at least 100m. Any building from 35m to 100m tall is generally considered to be a high rise building.

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Records
Preceded by Bridgewater Place 112 m (367 ft)	Tallest building in Yorkshire 2020 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

Coordinates: 53°48′09″N 1°32′29″W / 53.8025°N 1.5415°W / 53.8025; -1.5415

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[1] Under the Emporis Standards Committee, a skyscraper is defined as a multi-storey building which is at least 100m. Any building from 35m to 100m tall is generally considered to be a high rise building.

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Altus House

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Tallest building accolades

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