Tower Place
- Company:
- Waagner Biro steel and glass
- Client:
- MACE
- Investor, Builder:
- Tishman Speyer
- Designer:
- Architect: Foster + Partners
- Country, City:
- United Kingdom, London
- Object category:
- Architectural construction
- Material:
- steel, Glass
- Services:
- Engineering
- Completion:
- 2002
Kurzbeschreibung
A gently curved and floating roof together with glass walls envelop the area between two buildings situated near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
The 60 m wide north wall is especially innovative and the most transparent one built at the time of its completion. It includes 4 m long horizontal glass needles to support the wall which is the first use of glass tubes on a large-scale project worldwide. Another landmark project in the English capital where Waagner Biro steel and glass proofed to be able to realize the visions and fullfil the high requirements of star architects Foster + Partners.