Amex House

Amex House
The building from the southeast, pictured in 2010
Location within Brighton
General information
Type	Corporate headquarters
Architectural style	Modernist
Location	Brighton and Hove
Address	Edward Street, Carlton Hill BN88 1AH
Town or city	Brighton
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°49′23″N 0°07′58″W / 50.8230°N 0.1328°W / 50.8230; -0.1328
Construction started	1977
Completed	1977
Demolished	2017
Cost	£10–15 million
Owner	American Express Europe Ltd[1]
Height	46 m (151 ft)
Dimensions
Diameter	300,000 square feet (28,000 m2)
Technical details
Floor count	9
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Gollins, Melvin, Ward & Partners

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Amex House, popularly nicknamed The Wedding Cake, was the former European headquarters of American Express, a multinational financial services company. Its site is located in the Carlton Hill area of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. The nine-floor building, designed by British architecture firm Gollins, Melvin, Ward & Partners, was commissioned by the company in 1977 to consolidate their operations in Brighton, which had been spread over several sites. The white and blue structure, a landmark on the city skyline, received both praise and criticism for its distinctive style.

Demolition work began in April 2016 after the completion of a new headquarters building on land owned by American Express adjacent to the site.^[2] In October 2017 demolition was completed and the site was sold to First Base and Patron Capital, a pan-European institutional investor focused on property backed investments who proposed "a vibrant new mixed-use development including new homes, workspace and importantly, new jobs to revive this area of Brighton".^[3]