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
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
One Canada Square
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One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It is the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at 770 feet above ground level, and contains 50 floors. It achieved the title of the t
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…in 1980. It was London's first skyscraper, at 183 metres (600 ft) high. It was superseded as the tallest building in London and the United Kingdom by One Canada Square at Canary Wharf in 1990. It remained the tallest in the City of London, until it was overtaken by the 230-metre (750 ft) Heron Tower in 2010. The tower…
One Canada Square in London
A view from the top floor, May 2000
One of the tondi of The 20th Century–Thames (Keith Milow, 1998)
View from Canada Square