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Artist's rendering of the Bishopsgate Tower, and some of the other towers planned for London

Another rendering, showing the view from London Bridge.

The Bishopsgate Tower is a 288 m, 63-storey skyscraper being planned for the centre of London's main financial district, the City of London. The architects are Kohn Pedersen Fox and the developer is the fund management company, DIFA. The tower was originally proposed at 307 m but scaled down following complaints from the Civil Aviation Authority. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Applications-development. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1124x852, 206 KB) Summary The future London skyline (zoomed-in version). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1124x852, 206 KB) Summary The future London skyline (zoomed-in version). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 166 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bishopsgate Tower ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 166 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bishopsgate Tower ... The current London Bridge, viewed from the south London Bridge is a bridge in London, England over the River Thames, between the City of London and Southwark. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building architecturally, is located in Taipei City, Taiwan. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... The architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) was founded in 1976 by A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, and Sheldon Fox. ... The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the name for the national body governing civil aviation in a number of countries. ...

The tower was submitted for planning permission in June 2005 and approved on 25th April 2006 [1]. If built, it would become — dependent on whether Shard London Bridge is built — the tallest building in the UK, and one of the tallest buildings in Europe. It is one of several major new skyscrapers planned for Central London, the others being Shard London Bridge (also known as the London Bridge Tower or Shard of Glass), Heron Tower, 122 Leadenhall Street, the Broadgate Tower and the 20 Fenchurch Street redevelopment. Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required by property developers and private individuals in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on, or change the use of, a plot of land or to redevelop an existing building. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... Shard London Bridge, set to become the tallest building in Western Europe. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... Shard London Bridge, set to become the tallest building in Western Europe. ... Heron Tower, also known as 110 Bishopsgate, is a skyscraper planned for the centre of Londons main financial district, the City of London. ... 122 Leadenhall Street 122 Leadenhall Street is an office block in the City of London that is owned by British Land and occupied (2006) by Calyon. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ...

Nearby are the skyscrapers Tower 42 (once known as the NatWest Tower) and 30 St Mary Axe (also known as The Gherkin). Tower 42 is the tallest building in the City of London Tower 42 from directly below Tower 42 viewed from street level. ... Looking south down Bishopsgate, one of the main roads leading through Londons financial district. ...

In May 2006, it was reported that construction contracts would soon be awarded, and that work on the tower could start by the end of the year. This is now expected at a later date as full demolition cannot occur until the site has been fully vacated. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In August, Keltbray began piling works on site.

In November, funding was secured, and demolition work began on the smaller building on the site. The larger building is due to be empty by March 2007.

Facts

• This tower will contain more solar panelling than any other building in the UK, with 2000 square metres of photovoltaic solar cells, generating up to 200 kilowatts of environmetally friendly electricity.
• It will have a double layered skin like 30 St Mary Axe that allows it to respond dynamically to climatic changes and utilise effective climate control with low energy consumption.
• To drive costs down, every single panel on the tower will be of the exact same size.
• Once completed, it will contain 88,000 square metres of office space.

A photovoltaic (PV) module that is composed of multiple PV cells. ... Power kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... Looking south down Bishopsgate, one of the main roads leading through Londons financial district. ...

External links

• Bishopsgate Tower promotional video (23mb)
• Skyscrapernews.com file on the Bishopsgate Tower
• Emporis building detail
• A forum discussing all of London's current and future skyscrapers