London Glass Floor Facts

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London glass floor facts.

There are six lightwells behind the dark spirals of glass to spread natural light across the floors. Twentytwo london walk through the doors of twentytwo and notice its natural light. So you re pretty safe. The construction occupied some 18 acres 7 hectares on the ground while its total floor area was about 990 000 square feet 92 000 square metres or about 23 acres 9 hectares.

It is no wonder the installation took a 20 strong team to construct it. Some 14 000 exhibitors participated nearly half of whom were non british. 42 metres above the river thames below a glass walkway comprised of reassuringly solid half ton slabs of glass allows the courageous to walk all over the traffic and pedestrians below. The tall clear glass building twentytwo situates itself in the thick of the city take a tour.

Turns out assembling thousands of tonnes of steel and glass in the midst of one of the. I have a bit of a soft spot for london s turtle paced observation wheel i worked there for a few holidays just before i started university and it was a blast. Five degrees is the amount each floor rotates from the one below. Western europe s tallest building toyed with a number of names and nicknames london bridge tower the shard of glass shard london bridge before settling down on simply the shard.

On the upper walkways of london s iconic bridge you ll find a challenge for any acrophobe. Mayfair s pricey housing market has a new leading light. It is quite nerve wracking. Ah the london eye.

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