22 Bishopsgate is a 62-story office tower in the City of London, rising 912 feet (278 m). PLP Architecture designed it, with WSP as engineer and Multiplex as main contractor. An Axa Real Estate-led consortium bought the site in 2015 for £550 million, and construction of the new building began in January 2016. It was completed in 2020.
The site was first planned as the Pinnacle, a 945-foot (288 m) tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox nicknamed the helter skelter. Construction began in 2008 and stopped in March 2012. A redesign with a simpler exterior was approved in November 2015.
The building has about 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m²) of office space, plus 43,000 square feet (4,000 m²) for restaurants, retail and viewing galleries. It also has a gym and a bike park for over 1,000 bicycles. A free public viewing gallery on the 58th floor sits at 833 feet (254 m).
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