P & O Building, 122 Leadenhall Street, City of London, undergoing demolition from the bottom upwards to make way for a taller tower designed by Sir Richard Rogers Architect/Designer Gollins Melvin Ward & Partners Artist/Photographer Hope-Fitch, Christopher Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1969 Image Date 2007 View Exterior Style Modern Movement Medium Digital image Orientation Portrait Colour Info Colour Credit Christopher Hope-Fitch / RIBA Collections Subject Demolition ; Bronze ; Office buildings ; Glass ; Curtain walling ; Steel ; Skyscrapers ; Concrete
NOTES: This tension structure with a compressed concrete core was originally designed as a pair with 1 the Undershaft, the current Aviva building which still stands, by the architects Gollins Melvin Ward & Partners. On completion, it was considered one of the most complex glass fronted buildings in the UK.
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