Broadgate Exchange House

Sejal
Location: London, United Kingdom

It is located directly over British Rail

train tracks that run north of the
historic Liverpool Street Station

Project Completion: 1990

Site Area: 11.70 hectares

Project Area: 51,100 m2

Number of Stories: 10

Building Height: 60 m

Market:

Commercial + Office, Mixed Use,

Transportation

Service: Structural + Civil Engineering

Materials used for
structure-
- steel
- Iron
-glass
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- Exchange House, positioned at the head of Exchange
Square, is one of 14 buildings in London's Broadgate
development.

- This 10-story office building is supported by an

expressed structural frame that spans the tracks in
the manner of a bridge

- With a parabolic arch forming the basis of the

overall structural engineering design.

- SOM determined that this strategy was the most

efficient solution, combining formal dynamism,
efficient use of materials, and ease of erection.

- The four parallel structural arches — two expressed

externally and two internally — provide a
structural skeleton for the large, flexible,
column-free office areas.