Leadenhall Building, London (2010)

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	Leadenhall Building
Designer	Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London, England, United Kingdom
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Date	2003 to 2010
Building Type	Skyscraper
Climate	Mild Temperate
Context	Urban
Architectural Style	High Tech
Builder	Bovis Lend Lease, Middlesex, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Street Address	122 Leadenhall Street
Notes	See also: Leadenhall Building, London (2010).

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Building Details
Client	British Land
Cost	£286,000,000
Area	55740.0 square meters (600,000 square feet)
Stories	48
Height	224.5m (736.5 feet)

Designed by Richard Rogers and developed by British Land, the new tower will be 225 metres (737 feet) tall, with 48 floors, making it the tallest building in the City until the completion of the neighbouring Bishopsgate Tower.

The planning application was submitted to the Corporation of London in February 2004 and was approved in May 2005. Demolition of the current building commenced in December 2006 and will be completed in early 2008. Construction of the new building is expected to be finished in the first quarter of 2011.

It will feature a tapered glass façade on one side which will reveal the steel bracings, along with a ladder frame that is aimed to emphasise the vertical appearance of the tower. It will also appear to anchor the tower to the ground giving a sense of strength.

This unusual design's main drawback is the building's relatively small floorspace for a building of its height (500,000 square feet). However, it is hoped that the slanting wedge-shaped design will have less impact on the protected sightline of St. Pauls Cathedral when viewed from Fleet Street.

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