Midland Bank, Fenchurch Street, London. 1983-1986. An office and banking building on a prominent corner site, the building was conceived as a "gateway" to the City, with a distinctive corner tower. Whilst construction techniques and materials were contemporary, the substance of the building was designed to reflect the adjacent buildings on Leadenhall and Fenchurch streets. Cornice lines from the adjacent buildings were continued and, together with street level rustication, aimed to articulate the scale. The tower on the corner at St Michael's Well had a circular colonnaded portico at ground level, forming the entrance to the bank. The external façade was encased in two different granites. The upper levels of the building, set back progressively above the main cornice level, were clad in metal and glass curtain walling to suggest a traditional attic or roof structure.