22 Bishopsgate
The Bishopsgate Tower is a 307m, 63-storey skyscraper being planned for the centre of London's main financial district, the City of London. The architects are Kohn Pederson Fox and the developer is the fund management, DIFA.
The tower was submitted for planning permission in June 2005. If built, it would become the tallest building in the UK, and one of the tallest buildings in Europe. It is one of several new skyscrapers planned for Central London, the others being London Bridge Tower (also known as the Shard of Glass), Heron Tower, 122 Leadenhall, the Minerva Building and the Broadgate Tower.
Nearby are the skyscrapers Tower 42 and the Swiss Re building, as well as the high rise 51 Lime Street, currently under construction.
Facts
- This tower will contain more solar panelling than any other building in the UK, with 1800 square metres of generation.
- It will have a double layered skin like 30 St Mary Axe that allows it to respond dynamically to climatic changes and utilise effective climate control with low energy consumption.
- To drive costs down, every single panel on the tower will be of the exact same size.
- Once completed, it will contain 88,000 square metres of office space.
Links
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2839 - Skyscrapernews.com file on the Bishopsgate Tower http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57 - A forum discussing all of London's current and future skyscrapers