Greenhouse (Leeds)

Greenhouse
Former names	Shaftesbury House
Alternative names	The Greenhouse
General information
Architectural style	Ecomodernism (formerly Art Deco)
Location	Leeds, LS11 United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°46′53″N 01°33′07″W / 53.78139°N 1.55194°W / 53.78139; -1.55194
Opened	15 December 1938
Renovated	1 October 2010
Renovation cost	£12.5 million (construction cost);[1] 26-27m (overall cost)[2]
Landlord	GRIF—Ground Rents Income Fund Plc
Technical details
Floor count	8 (7 habitable)
Floor area	12,623 m2 (135,870 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	R. A. H. Livett
Developer	Leeds City Council
Awards and prizes	yes
Renovating team
Architect(s)	West and Machell Architects
Renovating firm	Citu
Structural engineer	Thomasons
Services engineer	Arup, Woods Environmental
Quantity surveyor	Sum
Main contractor	Clegg Construction
Website
www.greenhouseleeds.co.uk
References
[3]

Greenhouse is an eight-storey, mixed-use block of eco-flats in Beeston, Leeds. The building took its present form in 2010, after renovation of a 1938 development, Shaftesbury House. As Shaftesbury House, the building was noted for its technologically innovative, modernist housing of migrant workers. As Greenhouse, it has been noted for an approach to promoting ecological and social sustainability far ahead of most of the UK building industry.