Bridgewater Place
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Bridgewater Place is an under construction office and residential development in Leeds, United Kingdom designed by Aedas Architects. Construction of this building began in 2004 and is due to be completed in 2007. It will become the tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire (although this does not take into account structures such as Emley Moor). Bridgewater Place will have a height of 110 metres or 360 feet to roof level extending to 137 metres or 449 feet if the spire on top is included and has 32 storeys, of which two are used for car parking, ten for offices and twenty for residential purposes. There will be 40,000 square metres / 430,560 square feet of floor space in the building and there will be 200 flats and 400 car parking spaces.
The atrium of Bridgewater Place will host the 17.5 metre column sculpture by artists Bryan Davies and Laura Davies of Artist House Studio, it will be the tallest sculpture in Yorkshire. Created as a reinterpretation of Constantin Brancusi's Endless Coumn from Târgu Jiu, Rumania 50 years after the artist death, it will house illumated photographs showing a science fiction narrative.
The major part of the building's construction was completed by late December 2006, judging by the fact that the tower crane was being removed on 19th and 20th December.
