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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Architect:<\/strong> Norman Foster &amp; Partners<\/li><li><strong>Engineer:<\/strong> Ove Arup London<\/li><li><strong>Top of building:<\/strong> Steel &amp; Glazing: Waagner Biro AG Vienna<\/li><li><strong>Statics Steel &amp; Glazing:<\/strong> Zenkner &amp; Handel<\/li><li><strong>Project start:<\/strong> August 1999<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a21c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2a21c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c357428 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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This new building will bring together all the company\u2019s London-based staff. Located on the site of the former Baltic Exchange in the City, the tower rises 41 storeys and provides 45,000 square metres of accommodation, including offices and a shopping arcade accessed from a new public plaza. The project takes a radial approach \u2013 technically, architecturally, socially and spatially \u2013 to create the capital\u2019s first ecological tall building. The tower has a radial plan with a circular perimeter. In profile it widens as it rises and tapers towards its apex. This form responds to the constraints of the site: the building appears more slender than a rectangular block of equivalent size; reflections are reduced and transparency is improved; and the slimming of its profile towards the base maximises the public realm at ground level. A diagonally braced structure supports the building at its perimeter, allowing column-free floor space and a fully glazed envelope which opens up the building to daylight. Each of the floor-plates is rotated with respect to the one below it.<\/p><p>This allows the spaces between the radiating fingers of each floor to combine to form spiralling light wells. Socially these spaces break down the scale of the building. Environmentally they help to regulate the internal climate, becoming the building\u2019s \u2018lungs\u2019. Fresh air is drawn in at each floor via slots in the cladding. Exhaust air can be recycled to provide heating to the building, or vented to the outside. The spiral form of the atria generates pressure differentials that greatly assist this natural flow. The system is so effective that air conditioning will not be required for a significant proportion of the year. As a result, energy consumption is dramatically reduced in comparison with conventional office buildings.<\/p><p>Project team: Handel, Kirchgasser, Pichler, Kernler<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031f03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"031f03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/vm239nap.at.edis.global\/portfolio-categories\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Entryways Precast<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Architect: Norman Foster &amp; Partners Engineer: Ove Arup London Top of building: Steel &amp; Glazing: Waagner Biro AG Vienna Statics Steel &amp; Glazing: Zenkner &amp; Handel Project start: August 1999 Swiss Re is one of the world\u2019s leading reinsurance companies. This new building will bring together all the company\u2019s London-based staff. 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