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English Skyscrapers : Architecture
Modern Tall Buildings in England, UK High-Rise Information + Images.
post updated 23 January 2025
Contemporary English Skyscrapers + Towers
Designs, alphabetical:
201 Bishopsgate, London, south east England
Design: Skidmore Owings Merill (SOM)
photograph © Adrian Welch
Bishopsgate tower : 35 storeys, 165m high – 3rd tallest building in City of London
Built at an estimated cost of £240m, this skyscraper building marked the next major phase of construction in the Broadgate estate that began in the 1980s to provide high-specification office space for the Square Mile (the City of London). The tower is situated in the northeast corner of the City of London, north of Liverpool Street station.
Axis tower, Manchester, north west England
Design: HKR Architects
Manchester tower
Beetham Tower, Manchester
Design: Ian Simpson Architects
building – photo © Adrian Welch
Beetham Tower : tallest building in the UK outside London – 172m
Designed by Manchester-based firm, Ian Simpson Architects, the Hilton Hotel tower was completed in early 2007. It includes 218 premium apartments and a 279 room five star Hilton Hotel. The remarkable crystalline blade which stretches 25 metres above the building, providing a buffer zone from the sun for the glass facade.
Beetham Tower, 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham, West Midlands
Design: Ian Simpson Architects
photo © webbaviation
Beetham Tower Birmingham : 130m high / 40 storeys
Bridgewater Place tower : Leeds’ tallest building, West Yorkshire
Design: Aedas
photo © webbaviation
Bridgewater Place tower : 110m high
CIS Tower, Manchester, northwest England
Design: Sir John Burnett Tait & Partners with GS Hay
building photo © Adrian Welch
CIS Tower Manchester
Beetham Tower, London
Design: Ian Simpson Architects (design practice has since renamed)
One Blakfriars Road : 52 storeys, orig. 68 storeys
A landmark slender tower, which will house a six-star hotel and apartments, next to the Thames at One Blackfriars Road SE1, was given the go-ahead by Southwark Council last night (18 December) following modifications to the scheme agreed with English Heritage. This follows planning consent being granted by Southwark on 24 July this year, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State and English Heritage.
Centre Point Tower, London
Design: R.Seifert & Partners
photo © Adrian Welch
Centre Point Tower
This famous London tower building is a substantial concrete and glass office building in central London, occupying 101–103 New Oxford Street, WC1, close to St Giles Circus and almost directly above Tottenham Court Road tube station. The site was once occupied by a gallows. One of the first skyscrapers in London, it is now the city’s joint 27th tallest building.
Canary Wharf tower – One Canada Square, Isle of Dogs, London
Design: Cesar Pelli
photograph : Jason Baxter
Canary Wharf tower : 235m / 771ft high
City Road Tower, London
Design: SMC Alsop
City Road Tower : 43 storeys
Doon Street tower, South Bank, London
Design: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Doon Street tower : 43-storey
Fenchurch Street Tower – ‘Walkie Talkie’ building, City of London
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects
image from Rafael Viñoly Architects
Walkie Talkie skyscraper : 192m high
122 Leadenhall Street, City of London
Design: Richard Rogers Partnership (now RSHP)
122 Leadenhall Street : 225m high, due to be tallest building in City of London
Lloyds Building, City of London
Design: Richard Rogers Partnership (now retitled RSHP)
photo © Adrian Welch
Lloyds Building
Lumiere Tower, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design: Ian Simpson Architects
Lumiere Tower/a> : two towers of 54 and 32 storeys
Owen Street development, Manchester
Design: Ian Simpson Architects
Owen Street Manchester
Pan Peninsula, London
Design: Skidmore Owings Merill (SOM)
Pan Peninsula : 41 & 50 storeys high
Princes Dock Tower, Liverpool
Design: RMJM Architects
Princes Dock Tower
Radio City Tower, Liverpool
Design: Weightman & Bullen Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Radio City Tower : 120m high
Regal Tower, Birmingham, central England
Design: Aedas
Regal Tower Birmingham
The Rotunda Conversion, Birmingham
Design: Glenn Howells Architects
photo © Nic Gaunt
The Rotunda Birmingham
The Shard, London
Design: Renzo Piano Architect of RPBW
image by Hayes Davidson and John Mclean
The Shard London : 1016 ft tall
Swiss Re Building – 30 St Mary’s Axe, City of London
Design: Foster + Partners
photo © Adrian Welch
Swiss Re Building
Tower 42 – former Nat West Tower, London
Design: R. Seifert & Partners
photo © Adrian Welch
Nat West Tower : 183m high, 47 storeys
Willis Building – 51 Lime Street, City of London
Design: Foster & Partners
photo © Adrian Welch
Willis Building : 28 storeys
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Location: England, UK.
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