Heron Tower
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Heron Tower is a commercial skyscraper in London. It stands 230 metres tall including its 28-metre mast making it the second tallest building in the City of London financial district and the fifth tal
Heron Tower, Bishopsgate, London
The lobby features a 70,000-litre aquarium containing hundreds of fish.
May 2008
October 2009
Tower 42
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Tower 42, commonly known as the NatWest Tower, is a 183-metre-tall skyscraper in the City of London. Designed by R Seifert & Partners and engineered by Pell Frischmann, it opened in 1980 as London's f
Heron Tower
…fully let. Designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox, 110 Bishopsgate was initially planned to reach a height of 183 metres (600 ft), the same as the NatWest Tower (officially Tower 42), which had been the tallest building in the City of London since 1977. It attracted some controversy when first announced due to…
View of the tower from Horizon 22 in 2023
NatWest Tower during construction, viewed from Bank junction, c. 1974
Pre-construction model of the NatWest Tower, including concepts that were eventually abandoned, on display at the London Science Museum
The NatWest Tower's viewing gallery at Level 42, as seen in 1981. This area is now in use as the Vertigo 42 champagne bar