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Skyscraper in the City of London
The
Willis Building
is a commercial
skyscraper
in London named after the primary tenant,
Willis Group
. It is located on
Lime Street
in the
City of London
financial district.
The building was designed by
Norman Foster
and developed by
British Land
. It stands opposite the
Lloyd's building
and is 125 metres (410 ft) tall, with 26 storeys. It features a "stepped" design, which was intended to resemble the shell of a crustacean, with setbacks rising at 97 m (318 ft) and 68 m (223 ft). In total, there are 475,000 square feet (44,128.9 m
2
) of office floor-space, most of which was pre-let to the insurance broker Willis.
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The Willis Building was constructed between 2004 and 2008 under the management of Mace
[3]
and represented a significant addition to the City of London skyline at the time, becoming its fourth-tallest building after
Tower 42
,
30 St Mary Axe
and
CityPoint
. The core was topped out in July 2006 and the steelwork completed in September that year. Cladding began in July 2006 and the structure was externally completed by June 2007. It was internally fitted out and officially opened in April 2008.
The building was the first
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citation needed
]
in a wave of new tall towers for London's primary financial district. Others included
22 Bishopsgate
, the
Leadenhall Building
and the
Heron Tower
.
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