BT Tower
The BT Tower is London’s post-war answer to the problem of carrying telephone signals across the country: it was commissioned by the GPO to support microwave aerials for traffic between London and the rest of the UK. At 177 metres (581 ft), with aerial rigging taking the total height to 189 metres (620 ft), it was completed in 1964 and became the tallest structure in London—a position it kept until 1980. Design and construction were led by the Ministry of Public Building and Works, with chief architects Eric Bedford and G R Yeats. Its narrow cylindrical form sits on a pragmatic requirement: in winds up to 150 km/h (95 mph), it shifts no more than 25 centimetres (10 in), while the glass cladding was tinted to prevent overheating. Construction began in June 1961, and a tower crane jib across the top made it an unmistakable landmark as it rose. …
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