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Structure-ID: s0005369
Created on: 23/09/02
Modified on: 16/09/09


30 Saint Mary Axe

Swiss Re Building
Built: 2000 - 2003
Status: in use
Address: 14-34 St Mary Axe
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
30 Saint Mary Axe
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Office building

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Foster and Partners
Wind tunnel testing Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Structural engineering Ove Arup & Partners
General contractor Skanska UK
Steel construction Hollandia b.v.
  Victor Buyck Steel Construction N.V.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  steel
Dimensions
  height 180 m
  number of floors (above ground) 41
Cost
  cost of construction € 200 000 000

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External Link0lll.com - Architecture Gallery: Swiss Re Tower English
External LinkezResult: 30 St Mary Axe English
External LinkHoward Grubb: 30 Saint Mary Axe English
External LinkWolfgang Leonhard: 30 St. Mary Axe (Swiss Re-Insurance Tower), London English

Relevant Literature
* Hoogbouw - Swiss Re Tower (UK) - Foster and Partners / Immeuble Tour - Swiss Re Tower (UK) - Foster and Partners, in "staal_acier", n. 2 .
* Inauguration du "cornichon" londonien, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 12 December 2003, n. 5220 .
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 126-127.
* V & M Deutschland GmbH   Das Swiss Re-House in London, in "[ Umrisse ]", 2003, n. 1 v. 3 .

 
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