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The Pinnacle London - Helter Skelter Building : Skyscraper

The Helter Skelter : Skyscraper Development in London, England, UK

30 Jun 2011 The Pinnacle Construction Construction work is due to start in the next week on this major London skyscraper designed by KPF. The 64-storey structure, nicknamed the 'Helter Skelter' has only got up to ground level. The development is by Arab Investments and is due to complete somewhere between 2012 and 2014. 11 Jan 2011 The Pinnacle Latest photos from the weekend of The Pinnacle tower by KPF: cranes and core rising. tower photographs © Nick Weall The groundwork for 'The Cheesegrater' is in the foreground, with The Pinnacle behind: tower photo © Nick Weall The Pinnacle - Helter Skelter London, UK 2007- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) Nicknamed the Helter Skelter Tower Height: 305m high Storeys: 60 Aerial View image : KPF and Cityscape The Pinnacle - Description Spiralling 287 meters (941 feet) upward from its base, the Pinnacle tower will form the apex of an emerging cluster of tall buildings in the centre of London's financial district. Designed to make substantial contribution to the public realm, the project involves reopening a ground-level pedestrian passageway closed to pedestrians by a previous building on the site since the 1980s and linking a number of important public spaces along Bishopsgate and St. Mary Axe. Interior view The tower's complex tapered geometry-resolved through advanced computational parametric modeling-comprises inwardly inclined planar surfaces, which are linked by conical surfaces. The design of the entrance canopy at its base responds to the immediate context, creating a zone at the foot of the tower similar in height to nearby buildings. The entrance also signals the historic public right-of-way. The configuration of the entrance evolved during numerous wind-tunnel tests, iterative processes used to find a form that could provide an acceptable pedestrian environment. Scheme B - Waterloo Bridge, South Viewing Plaque image : KPF and Cityscape Sustainable systems are also integral to the tower's design. Its aerodynamic shape, for example, improves the performance of the ventilated façade. The façade is made of two layers of clear glass: an inner, sealed (weatherproof and thermally broken) skin and an outer, un-insulated "snakeskin" layer made of repetitively sized, overlapping rectangular glass panels. The gaps between panels allow air to flow into the cavity and permit operable windows ventilate the offices. The outer layer of glass protects against the wind. View from Threadneedle Street image : KPF and Cityscape The Pinnacle - Building Information Client: The Pinnacle No.1 Ltd, c/o Arab Investments Ltd Type: Office building Size: Office - 90,000m² / 970,000ft² ; Retail - 3,000 m² / 30,000 ft² Status: Under Construction Awards: The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award (2004) AIA New York Chapter Design Awards, Architectural Excellence (2003) AIA New York Chapter Project Design Award (2001) Close up : Scheme B - Waterloo Bridge, South Viewing Plaque ; Close up : Aerial View images : KPF and Cityscape The Pinnacle - Building Information Project: The Pinnacle Location: 22-38 Bishopsgate, London EC2, England Completion: Estimated 2013 Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates - KPF Team: Renos Charitou, Efrat Cohen, Karen Cook, Stylianos Dritsas, Jon Neville-Jones, Rob Peebles, Daniel Perez, Lee Polisano, Karl Sharro, Paul Voysey, Wayne McKiernan, Tim Yu, Daniel Moore, Clara Doty, Dennis Hill, Karthik Ramamoorthy, Alanna Zie, Kornelia Krueger, Gustav Fagerstrom, Jacquie Bignell, Cindy Liu, Lolita Mickuviene Development Manager: City Offices LLP / Stanhope Planning Consultants: DP9 Investment & Leasing Advisors: Savills Structural Engineers: Arup MEP Engineers: Hilson Moran Lift Consultants: Jappsen and Stangier Other Consultants: Georg Penker (Landscape) Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG (Cladding) Reef (Access - Maintenance/Cleaning) Arup (Fire / Wind / Extreme Events / Mobility Impaired Persons Access) GDA (Security) Gordon Ingram (Rights of Light) KPF

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