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It has been nicknamed "The Walkie-Talkie" because of its distinctive shape, said to resemble a walkie-talkie handset. [4] Construction was completed in spring 2014, and the three-floor "sky garden" was opened in January 2015. [5] The 38-storey building is 160 m (525 ft) tall. Since July 2017, the building has been owned by Lee Kum Kee Groups.
Britain's largest listed property developer is close to solving the incendiary solar glare problem for the "Walkie Talkie," its landmark new 37-story glass office block in the City of London, and ...
Adelaide House was the first building in the City to employ the steel frame technique that was later widely adopted for skyscrapers around the world, and also the first office block the United Kingdom to have central ventilation and telephone and electric connections on every floor. In addition, on opening the building featured a roof garden ...
In 1980, the 183 metre (600 ft) NatWest Tower (now Tower 42) was completed in the City of London. In 1991, One Canada Square was topped-out at 235 metres (771 ft), becoming the centrepiece of the Canary Wharf development. The 2000s saw the beginnings of a boom in skyscraper building, mostly in the City of London and Canary Wharf.
The gang placed a lookout man on a rooftop overlooking the bank, and kept in contact by using walkie-talkies. [26] Their intention was to use the 100-ton jack to force a hole in the 3-foot-thick (0.91 m) reinforced concrete floor, and railway sleepers were laid on the floor to support it. [ 17 ]
"The Walkie-Talkie" Office London: City of London – Financial District: 160 525 38 2013 [41] 35= Deansgate Square East Tower: Residential Manchester: Greater Manchester: City of Manchester: Castlefield: 158 518 50 2018 [42] One Leadenhall: 1 Leadenhall Street Office London: City of London – Financial District [22] 158 518 36 2024 [43] One ...
With five multicolor play shapes, this foam fort building set will give kiddos plenty of ways to play. From a cozy couch to a castle and moat, their imagination is the limit.
By the 2010s, office space development had intensified in the City, especially in the central, northern and eastern parts, with skyscrapers including 30 St. Mary Axe ("the Gherkin"'), Leadenhall Building ("the Cheesegrater"), 20 Fenchurch Street ("the Walkie-Talkie"), the Broadgate Tower, the Heron Tower and 22 Bishopsgate.