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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 ...
Until 2018 the tallest building in the UK outside of London. Also known as "Hilton Tower". Tilbury "B" Power Station: 168 m (551 ft) 1968 [39] chimney: Tilbury, Essex: concrete tower: Twin chimneys, demolished on 28 September 2017. [40] Divis Mast B: 165.8 m (544 ft) 2011: communication: Hannahstown, County Antrim: guyed steel lattice mast
Construction began in September 1959 and was completed in 1962 at a cost of £3.98 million (equivalent to approximately £86.8 million in 2020). [ 5 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The main contractors for the CIS Tower were John Laing Construction Ltd , with A.E. Beer as the structural engineering consultant, and O. Castick, Chief Engineer of CWS as the ...
Spire London, previously known as Hertsmere House, is a construction project located in West India Quay, near Canary Wharf.Developed by Greenland Group and designed by HOK, construction on the tallest building of 67 stories commenced in 2016, and (at that time) was targeted for completion in 2021.
The original proposal included a large array of skyscrapers, compared with the likes of New York and Shanghai. [ 100 ] [ 104 ] However, due to concerns from, primarily, Historic England and UNESCO , regarding the impact of tall buildings to Liverpool's World Heritage Status , the plans have been revised multiple times, resulting in building ...
The Willis Building is a commercial skyscraper in London named after the primary tenant, Willis Group. It is located on Lime Street in the City of London financial district. The building was designed by Norman Foster and developed by British Land. It stands opposite the Lloyd's building and is 125 metres (410 ft) tall, with 26 storeys. It ...
paradisebirmingham.co.uk The Octagon [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a 155 m (509 ft) tall, 49-storey residential skyscraper under construction in Birmingham , England. The building is part of the Paradise redevelopment scheme in the city centre and is designed by Glenn Howells Architects .
[8] 6 St Mary's Cathedral: Place of Worship 68 222 N/A 1844 [9] 7 St James' Park: Football Stadium 64.5 213 N/A 2000 Originally opened as a ground in 1880; it is the largest cantilever structure in Europe. [10] [11] 8 Bank House, Pilgrim St Office 63 208 14 2023 [12] 9 St Nicholas' Cathedral: Place of Worship 62 203 N/A 1448 [13] 10 All Saints ...