Residential in Birmingham, United Kingdom
52°28′32.01″N 1°54′47.68″W / 52.4755583°N 1.9132444°W / 52.4755583; -1.9132444Construction started | April 2019 |
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Completed | June 2022 |
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Cost | £183 million |
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Height | 132 m (433 ft) |
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Technical details |
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Floor count | 42 |
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Design and construction |
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Architect(s) | Glenn Howells Architects |
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Main contractor | John Sisk & Son |
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Website |
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https://www.glennhowells.co.uk/project/the-mercian/ |
The Mercian (also known as 218 Broad Street by its address and formerly known as 2one2 Broad Street and Broad Street Tower) is a 132-metre-tall (433 ft) residential skyscraper on Broad Street in Birmingham, England. It is designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the developer is Moda Living and the main contractor is John Sisk & Son.[1]
The building is 42 storeys in height, consisting of a 39-storey residential building (30 studios, 163 one bed, 260 two bed and 28 three-bedroom apartments) which sits on a three-storey podium with over 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of community amenity space. The build is valued at £183m and was completed in May 2022.[2]
The tower sits perpendicular to the street with the front-facing Five Ways. Originally, a helipad was proposed to be located on top of the building on a podium, but this was removed from the design, though the podium remained with some minor changes.[citation needed]
The tower was scheduled to be presented before a planning committee in late August 2006. However, the developers pulled out minutes before the meeting to make changes.[3]
The application was presented again on 28 September and whilst it was originally deferred due to lack of information, concerns over height and payment of money under Section 106, it was later approved.[4][5] The updated proposal boasted a partial redesign, increasing the height of the tower and creating a redesigned façade. Construction of the skyscraper began in April 2019.[6]
The Mercian is the tallest building in Birmingham and the second tallest structure, after the BT Tower. However, this title is expected to be handed over to Octagon, a 49-storey skyscraper currently under construction and due for completion in 2025.
See also
References
- ^ "FreeTimePays". birminghamweare.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "GHA Project | The Mercian". Glenn Howells Architects. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "City skyscraper plans grounded", Birmingham Mail (28 August 2006)
- ^ "Green Light for New Tallest for Brum", Skyscraper News (2006-09-29)
- ^ "Planners give go-ahead to 40-storey Birmingham tower", Birmingham Post (29 September 2006)
- ^ Hammond, Kirsty (30 April 2019). "Moda breaks ground and unveils new name for Birmingham's tallest residential tower". Specifier Review. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
External links
- Levelseven Architects
- Skyscrapernews.com
- Broad Street skyscraper plans unveiled Birmingham Mail (22 August 2006)
- Emporis entry
- Comments on Broad Street Tower by CABE
Buildings over 100 metres in the United Kingdom
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Birmingham | - Octagon (155m)
- One Eastside (155m)
- Glasswater Locks (123m)
- Cortland Broad Street (111m)
- Exchange Square Phase 2 (111m)
- South Central Tower (100m)
- Maker's Yard (100m)
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Liverpool | |
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London | - One Nine Elms East (200m)
- Harcourt Gardens (192m)
- The Madison (184m)
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- Vauxhall Square South (168m)
- One Nine Elms West (161m)
- Heron Quays West 2/One Bank Street (147m)
- Canada Water Building C4 (140m)
- Heron Plaza (135m)
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- The Atlas Building (134m)
- Keybridge Lofts (128m)
- Nine Elms Point (126m)
- One Crown Place South (123m)
- The Stage Shoreditch (115m)
- One Casson Square, Southbank Place (113m)
- Ram Quarter Residential Tower (113m)
- One Crown Place North (106m)
- Upper Riverside (102m)
- Stratford Central (101m)
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Salford | - Bankside at Colliers Yard (129m)
- Embankment Exchange (110m)
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Birmingham | - 100 Broad Street (193m)
- The Tower Leaf (Irish Centre) (146m)
- Great Charles Street (126m)
- Martineau Galleries 2C (126m)
- 211 Broad Street 'Barcode' (117m)
- Beorma Tower (113m)
- Upper Trinity Street (102m)
- Lower Essex Square (100m)
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Cardiff | |
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London | - Riverside South (237m)
- One Lansdowne Road East Tower (236m)
- Heron Quays West (198m)
- Riverside South (186m)
- Ludgate House (161m)
- 1 Merchant Square (150m)
- 20 Blackfriars Road Residential Tower (141m)
- Doon Street Tower (141m)
- 54 Marsh Wall (140m)
- Infinity Towers Building B (127m)
- Convoys Wharf Tower 1 (116m)
- Berwick Tower (115m)
- Quill (109m)
- Sampson House (108m)
- Infinity Towers Building B (104m)
- The Gateway Building (101m)
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Manchester | - Student Castle Tower 1 (168m)
- Plot F Tower 1 (154m)
- Plot F Tower 2 (154m)
- Trinity Islands Tower 3 (146m)
- Angel Meadow Park (128m)
- Trinity Islands Tower 4 (120m)
- Vision Tower (117m)
- The Gasworks Tower 1 (107m)
- Port Street Tower, Piccadilly Basin (100m)
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Salford | - Waterloo Place (173m)
- Cotton Quay Tower 1 (158m)
- Parkside at Colliers Yard (123m)
- Cotton Quay, Salford Quays Tower 2 (123m)
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