Altus House is a 37-storey, residential
skyscraper
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in
Arena Quarter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The building consists of over 752 student units.
Sources differ as to whether it is
[ tall; by either measurement Altus House is the tallest building in Leeds and ]Yorkshire
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as of 2023, taking the title from Bridgewater Place in 2021.
Tallest building accolades
After topping out in late 2020, Altus House became the tallest building in West Yorkshire
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, and the tallest in the wider county of Yorkshire. It became Leeds' third building over along with Bridgewater Place and Sky Plaza, the former of which previously held the title of the tallest building in Yorkshire.[ It is also the tallest student accommodation building in northern Europe.]
Gallery
File:Hume House, Lovell Park Road, Leeds (2) (geograph 5682213).jpg, Hume House, which previously occupied the site of Altus House
File:Construction of White Rose View (left) and Altus House (right) with Arena point inbetween seen from Wade Lane, Leeds (29th August 2019).jpg, Altus house and White rose view under construction on Merrion Way
File:Altus House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.jpg, Computer-generated image of Altus House
File:Leeds Dock - Flickr 2020.jpg, Altus House under construction on the Leeds skyline
See also
* Architecture of Leeds
References
External links
Skyscrapers in Leeds
Residential skyscrapers in England
Buildings and structures under construction in the United Kingdom
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