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Broadgate Development

Design/Completion 1987/1990 London, England

Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments PLC 4,000,000 square feet Exposed Steel frame Painted metal and granite

The master plan, and architectural and structural engineering design of ten buildings in the Broadgate complex are part of the largest single development in the City of London. Most of the development is built over the platform and railway tracks of Liverpool Street Station. The multi-use complex expands the fmancial district of London by providing new office space and trading floors, and enhances the surrounding urban district with retail and leisure facilities. Three public squares and the terraces and landscaping of Exchange Square provide a focal point for the complex, with spaces designed for performance and recreation.

The ten buildings are designed in a variety of styles to relate to the City context. Exchange House is a ten-story office błock supported on an expressed structural frame that spans the Liverpool Street Station tracks. The buildings facing Bishopsgate present morę traditional facades of carved stone and polished granite.

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Exchange House, plaza-plan level Exchange House, east-west section Aerial view of model

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