
TALLEST--Building in Wales
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Mair Wales
N 51° 36.833 W 003° 56.620
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The 29 Story Tower, standing at Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales standing at 107m.
Waymark Code: WMD4CK
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/17/2011
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The tallest building in Wales is called 'The Tower'
The Tower, Meridian Quay has an eliptical footprint, & looks very similar in shape to the famous lipstick building in New York.
The tower looks like the another odd building in New York the Flat Iron buiding, but the Tower has back to back narrow ends.
The Tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower.
The Tower, Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales standing at 107 Metres
Most of the Tower houses mostly residential apartments.
The ground floor features a concierge desk which is manned 24 hours a day, whilst the top three floors consist of the Grape and Olive restaurant run by the Cardiff brewery company SA Brains.
The tower was started in 2006 completed in 2009 at a a cost of £40 Million GB pounds.
Building Address:
The Tower, Meridian Quay.
The Maratime Quarter
Swansea, Swansea Wales
SA1
Confirmation for height from Skyscraper news link below.
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