St Botolph Building | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office |
Architectural style | Post-modern / High-tech |
Location | London, EC3 United Kingdom |
Completed | December 2010 |
Opened | 2011 |
Cost | £195m estimated [1] |
Height | |
Roof | 59 metres (194 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 15 |
Floor area | 49,238 m2 (529,990 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Grimshaw Architects |
Structural engineer | Arup |
Website | |
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References | |
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The St Botolph Building is a commercial office in Houndsditch, central London, opened in 2011 and designed by Grimshaw Architects.
It is one of a number of landmark buildings recently delivered or in development to the East of the Gherkin in the City of London ward of Aldgate, which together with the wards of Langbourn, Cornhill and Lime Street forms the centre of the UK insurance industry.
Two of the three main tenants, Jardine Lloyd Thompson and Lockton, are businesses with a substantial insurance broking component, which are therefore reliant on close proximity to the Lloyd's building and the globally-significant London market in insurance contracts that focuses on Lloyd's of London.[3] The third main tenant, Clyde & Co, also has insurance ties as one of the largest insurance and reinsurance law firms in the world.