70 St Mary Axe
Office building in the City Of London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
70 St Mary Axe, informally known as the Can of Ham due to its shape,[10] is an office building in the City of London. It was completed in early 2019.[2] With 21 floors above ground, it is 90 metres (295 ft) tall and offers 28,000 square metres (301,400 sq ft) of office space.[6] During its construction, the City of London Corporation decided to pedestrianise the part of St Mary Axe along which the building sits, between Bevis Marks to the south-west and Houndsditch to the north-east.[11][12]
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70 St Mary Axe | |
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Alternative names | The Can of Ham[1] |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office |
Location | St Mary Axe, London, EC3[2] |
Coordinates | 51°30′55″N 00°04′46″W |
Construction started | 2015[3] |
Completed | 2019[4] |
Opened | 2019 |
Cost | £135m[5] |
Owner | Nuveen[3] |
Height | |
Roof | 90 metres (295 ft)[6] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 21 (above ground, including ground floor) plus two basement levels[7] |
Floor area | 28,063.8 square metres (302,100 sq ft) (office space)[8] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Foggo Associates[2] |
Structural engineer | Foggo Associates[9] |
Main contractor | Mace Group Ltd[3] |
Website | |
https://70stma.co.uk/ |
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