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- Guy's Hospital is the tallest in the world despite being almost 40 years old. It consists of two towers that are interlinked together - the User Tower that hosts the hospital accommodation which rises to 122 metres, and the Communications Tower, a 138 metre tall service section that's boosted to 142.6 metres by the boiler flues.
- The building is built on a 3.05 metre thick raft that allows it to "float" above the soft London clay in a more efficient manner than traditional foundation piles.
- The "head" of Guy's Hospital contains a 150 capacity lecture hall with overhanging balcony that has a sheer 120 metre drop to the street below.
- The Eighties saw plans for neon lights to be fitted to the distinctive if brutal tower shape to highlight it at night but these were refused by Southwark Council.
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- Watkins Gray Woodgate International
- Developer
- National Health Service
 Reference Data
- Reference No.
- 100
- First Uploaded
- 19-02-2006
- Last Editorial Date
- 03-08-2015
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- Address
- St Thomas Street, London Bridge, London. SE1 9RT
- Council
- Southwark
- County
- London
- Region
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
View in Google Maps - Status
- Complete
- Proposal date
- 1963
- Construction start date
- 1968
- Completion date
- 1973
- Style
- Brutalist
- Roof Height (AOD)
- 153.70
- Roof Height (AGL)
- 149.00
- Total Floors (O.G)
- 34
- Number of Lifts
- 19
 Market Data
- Primary Use
- Hospitals
- Construction Cost
- £10,000,000.00
- Budget Date
- 1973
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