{{Short description|Student accommodation building in Leeds, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building | name = Altus House | alternate_names = | image = Altus House.jpg | caption = Altus House in 2021 | location = Merrion Way, [[Arena Quarter]], Leeds, England | coordinates = | status = Complete | roof = {{convert|114|m|ft}} | building_type = [[Skyscraper]]<ref>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.</ref> | antenna_spire = | floor_count = 37 | construction_start_date = 2019 | completion_date = 2021 | floor_area = | architect = | 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.<ref name=LeedsLive>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/inside-luxury-rooms-rent-leeds-21465382|website=Leeds Live |title=Inside the luxury rooms for rent in Leeds skyscraper which is now Yorkshire's tallest building|date=2 September 2021|access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref> Sources differ as to whether it is {{convert|114|or|116|m|ft|abbr=off}}<ref name=LeedsLive/><ref name=BusinessDesk/> tall; by either measurement Altus House is the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in Leeds|tallest building in Leeds]] and [[List of tallest buildings in Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] 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]], and the tallest in the wider county of Yorkshire. It became Leeds' third building over {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}} along with Bridgewater Place and [[Sky Plaza]], the former of which previously held the title of the tallest building in Yorkshire.<ref name=LeedsLive/> It is also the tallest student accommodation building in northern Europe.<ref name=BusinessDesk>{{cite news|url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/2080271-tallest-student-accommodation-building-in-northern-europe-is-completed|title=Tallest student accommodation building in northern Europe is completed|work=The Business Desk|date=19 August 2021|author=Miran Rahman}}</ref>

== Gallery == <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 </gallery>

== See also == {{Portal|Yorkshire|Architecture}} * [[Architecture of Leeds]]

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