20 Fenchurch Street
Thursday, 1 October 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien Category/Kategorie: General , House of the Month , London
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20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on
Fenchurch Street , in the historic
City of London financial district. It has been nicknamed ‘The Walkie-Talkie’ because of its distinctive shape. Construction was completed in spring 2014, and the top-floor ‘sky garden’ was opened in January 2015. The 34-storey building is 160 m (525 ft) tall, making it the fifth-tallest building in the City of London and the
13th tallest in London . Designed by architect
Rafael Viñoly and costing over £200 million, 20 Fenchurch Street features a highly distinctive top-heavy form which appears to burst upward and outward. A large viewing deck, bar and restaurants are included on the top three floors; these are, with restrictions, open to the public.
The tower was originally proposed at nearly 200 m (656 ft) tall but its design was scaled down after concerns about its visual impact on the nearby St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower of London . It was subsequently approved in 2006 with the revised height. Even after the height reduction there were continued concerns from heritage groups about its impact on the surrounding area. The project was consequently the subject of a public inquiry; in 2007 this ruled in the developers’ favour and the building was granted full planning permission.
20 Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall building and Gherkin © Darren Glanville/cc-by-sa-4.0
The new tower at 20 Fenchurch Street was designed in a
postmodern style . The top-heavy design is partly intended to maximise floor space towards the top of the building, where rent is typically higher. The building utilises double and triple-glazed panelised aluminium cladding on its exterior. The south side of the structure is ventilated externally to improve efficiency and decrease solar gain, whilst the east and west faces incorporate extensive solar shading. There is a southern entrance in addition to the main northern entrance set back from Fenchurch Street.
The ‘sky garden’ at the top of the building was claimed to be London’s highest public park, but since opening there have been debates about whether it can be described as a ‘park’, and whether it is truly ‘public’ given the access restrictions. The garden spans the top three floors, are accessible by two express lifts, and include a large viewing area, terrace, bar and two restaurants. Fourteen
double-deck lifts (seven low-rise up to the 20th floor, seven high-rise above the 20th floor) serve the main office floors of the building.
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