125 London Wall

125 London Wall
125 London Wall pictured in 2009
125 London Wall is located in Greater London
125 London Wall
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural stylePostmodernism
AddressLondon Wall
Town or cityLondon, EC2
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′03″N 0°05′38″W / 51.5175°N 0.0938°W / 51.5175; -0.0938
Construction started1990
Opened14 October 1992
Cost£175 million
OwnerBlackstone
Height82 m (270 ft)
Technical details
Floor count18
Floor area385,000 sq ft (35,800 m2)
Lifts/elevators15
Design and construction
Architect(s)Farrells
DeveloperMEPC plc
EngineerArup

125 London Wall, also known as Alban Gate, is a postmodernist building on London Wall in the City of London. Along with Embankment Place and Vauxhall Cross (the SIS Building), it has been described as one of the three projects that established designer Sir Terry Farrell's reputation in the late 1980s-to-early 1990s period.[1] In 2004, writer Deyan Sudjic described it as "postmodernism at its most exuberant", placing it at number 5 in a list of Ten Triumphs of recent UK architecture.[2]

  1. ^ "Terry Farrell and Partners". Resource for Urban Design Information. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ Sudjic, Deyan (2 May 2004). "Peace in our time". The Observer. Retrieved 19 August 2010.