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The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of September 2024, there are 176 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, [1] 132 of them in London, 24 in Greater Manchester, eight in Birmingham, four in Leeds, two each in Liverpool and Woking, and one each in Brighton and Hove ...
skyscraper 53°28′31.63″N 2°15′0.79″W / 53.4754528°N 2.2502194°W / 53.4754528; -2.2502194 ( Beetham Tower Manchester Until 2018 the tallest building in the UK outside of London.
2022 [13] 7 Wardian East Tower: Tower Hamlets, London 187 m (614 ft) 2020 [14] 8 One West Point Block A (Icon Tower) Ealing, London 184 m (604 ft) 2022 [15] 9 Amory Tower (The Madison) Tower Hamlets, London 182 m (597 ft) 2020 [16] 10 The Tower, One St George Wharf: Lambeth, London 181 m (594 ft) 2013 [17]
In September 2022, a leaked internal memo stated that HSBC was considering whether to renew its lease on the building when it expires in 2027, or whether it would relocate to other premises in London. [15] In February 2023, The Times reported that roughly 10 floors had been mothballed, having embraced home-working. [16]
In December 2022, Croydon Council (Conservative run) was warned by Councillor Patricia Hay-Justice (Labour), in a meeting of Council officers and planning officials that Croydon is not Manhattan and that the suburb should not resemble New York City in a row over a new skyscraper development. [6] [7]
As of 2022, there are 121 buildings or structures that are at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall in the Greater London metropolitan area, with 24 of these being in the City of London and 27 being in the Canary Wharf / Isle of Dogs district. The Greater London metropolitan area contains the second most skyscrapers of any city in Europe after Moscow ...
8 8 Portsmouth Energy Recovery Facility Industrial 69 213 NA 2005 [8] 9 9 Europa House Student Accommodation 64 207 18 1969 [9] 10 10 HMS Victory Museum Attraction 62.5 205 5 1765 [10] [circular reference] 11 11= Catherine House (formerly Zurich House) Student Accommodation 62 200 15 1973 [11] 12 11= Sarah Robinson House Residential 62 200 21 ...
Three60 is a cylindrical residential skyscraper under construction in Manchester, England. The building is part of the second phase of the Crown Street development area at the southern end of Deansgate in the city centre, behind the Deansgate Square skyscraper cluster. [2] It was designed by SimpsonHaugh architects.