The Tower, Meridian Quay

The Tower, Meridian Quay
The Tower, Meridian Quay November 2015
General information
Location	Swansea, Wales
Address	Meridian Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea
Construction started	2006
Completed	2009
Cost	£40,000,000
Height	107 m (351 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	29
Design and construction
Architect	Latitude Architects
Structural engineer	Atkins Ltd
Services engineer	Atkins Ltd
Civil engineer	Atkins Ltd
Main contractor	Carillion

The Tower, Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales, standing at 107m (351ft), and one of two tall buildings in the city of Swansea.^[1]

The tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower. Most of the tower houses residential apartments. The ground floor has a concierge desk which is manned 24 hours a day, whilst the top three floors form the Grape and Olive restaurant run by the Cardiff brewery S. A. Brain & Co. Ltd.^[2] This was opened following the unsuccessful 290 cover Penthouse restaurant. Press reports stated that the penthouse apartment on the 26th floor was sold for £1 million.^[3] On 26 January 2008, one of the construction workers died after falling three storeys from the tower.^[4] The construction company, Carillion, chose not to release his name. The tower "topped-out" to its full height on 12 September 2008.

Gallery

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  Tower under construction, January 2008
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  Tower under construction, March 2008
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  Tower under construction, May 2008
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  Tower under construction, June 2008
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  Completed Tower at dawn, March 2010
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  Tower from the breakwater during high tide, September 2010

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Tower, Meridian Quay.

• BBC News Article
• Skyscrapernews website page on Meridian Quay
• Swansea Council planning approval for Meridian Quay
• Fatal accident at the tower

Coordinates: 51°36′50″N 3°56′35″W / 51.61394°N 3.94318°W / 51.61394; -3.94318