The New Stock Exchange in London Great Britain

Abstract

It will occupy the space of the present Stock Exchange of the capital of the United Kingdom, between Throgmorton, Bartholomew, Threadneedle and Old Bross streets Due to its evident insufficiency it has been necessary to enlarge the old building - by constructing a high block of 26 stories intended to accomodate the administrative council of the Stock Exchange in the first eleven, various offices in another eleven and installations in the four remaining ones. Likewise a spacious business hall without intermediate columns has been constructed surrounded by smaller office rooms for the Stock Exchange agents. The general construction of the tower is carried out with a core, poured in site, with the vertical circulations —eight lifts, two winches and two staircases—, W.C.s and cavities for various conductions and the sides of the polygon formed by prefabricated alternating members, some of them hollow to accomodate the installations and some solid, as structural elements. The construction was carried out in three phases: I) tower; II) business hall. Brokers and public relations block; III) demolition of old parts.