The architecture and structure of London’s emerging 62-story building at 22 Bishopsgate bear no resemblance to its predecessor, called the Pinnacle, initially intended for the same site but abandoned soon after coming out of the ground. Yet, with some structural gymnastics below street level, the replacement is using all the Pinnacle’s foundations, plus much more.
Compared with the 63-story Pinnacle, 22 Bishopsgate, on the same footprint, has almost 1.5 times the net area and a structure that costs almost half, says Kamran Moazami, managing director of property and buildings for WSP Group, London.