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- This and the attached low-rise tower are the last phases of the Broadgate Centre before it gets rebuilt.
- Design work on a building for this site originally began in 1991 and went through numerous options before settling for a tower.
- Broadgate Tower has been constructed on a raft weighing 6,000 tonnes over the rail tracks that run above it to Liverpool Street Station. This means there is a requirement to distribute the weight of the tower, and hence no concrete core.
- The a-frames that express the structure are one of the by-products of the lack of a central core with the outside of the building providing structural strength, clearly shown off in front of the glass and steel cladding.
- There is 14,000 tonnes of steel used, 877 steps in the staircases, 40,000 square metres of glass cladding which is the equivalent of 154 tennis courts, and the view from the top stretches for 45 kilometres.
- The diagonal cross bracing references various other famous SOM buildings in Chicago such as the Hancock Tower.
- The lift supplier for the building is the Finnish company Kone which has installed the first double decker lifts to be used in the U.K adding great efficiency to the vertical transportation employed within the building.
 News Articles
15-04-2010 > Twin Peaks Challenge 13-02-2007 > 201 Bishopsgate Pre Let 12-10-2006 > Broadgate Tower Could Get Tall Neighbour 23-09-2005 > Quick Start Expected For Broadgate Tower 27-07-2005 > City Approves British Land Broadgate Project 04-03-2005 > Broadgate Tower For Spec Build 22-02-2005 > 201 Bishopsgate Makeover 22-12-2003 > British Land Plan City Building Spree  Companies
If your company has been involved with the Design/Build, Supply or Maintenance of this building please submit your details. - Architect
- Skidmore Owings & Merrill
- Developer
- British Land
- Lift Supplier
- KONE
- Main Contractor
- Bovis Lend Lease
- Planning Consultant
- DP9
- Quantity Surveyor
- Davis Langdon LLP
- Services Engineer
- Jaros, Baum & Bolles
- Structural Engineer
- Skidmore Owings & Merrill
 Reference Data
- Reference No.
- 1639
- First Uploaded
- 19-02-2006
- Last Editorial Date
- 29-01-2015
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- Address
- 201 Bishopsgate, Broadgate, London. EC2
- Estate
- Broadgate
- Council
- City of London
- County
- London
- Region
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
View in Google Maps - Status
- Complete
- Proposal date
- 2005
- Construction start date
- 2005
- Completion date
- 2008
- Roof Height (AOD)
- 178.40
- Roof Height (AGL)
- 164.30
- Floor To Ceiling Height
- 2.75
- Total Floors (O.G)
- 35
- Plant Floors
- 1
- Total Floors (U.G)
- 2
 Market Data
- Primary Use
- Office
- Secondary Use
- Retail
- Floorspace (sq m)
- 37,000.00
- Construction Cost
- £191,000,000.00
- Budget Date
- 2008
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