The Blade, Reading
The Blade | |
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Alternative names | Abbey Mill House[1] |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Coordinates | 51°27′20.03″N 0°57′59.15″W / 51.4555639°N 0.9664306°W |
Construction started | 2007[2] |
Completed | 2009[2] |
Cost | £32 million[3] |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 86 m (282 ft) |
Roof | 59 m (194 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 15 (14 above ground, 1 below) |
Lifts/elevators | 5 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sheppard Robson |
Developer | PMB Holdings and Aviva Investors |
References | |
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The Blade, also known as Abbey Mill House, is a
Building
The high rise building was proposed in 2001, and construction lasted from 2007 to 2009.[6] It cost £32 million to build.[3]
The 86-metre (282 ft) steel building has 14 floors above ground level; the floor-to-floor height is 3.77 metres (12.4 ft). The building's façade is a curtain wall system of aluminium and glass, and the building is strengthened with a pile foundation.[1] The spire atop the building is a lattice frame covered with rainscreen panels.[1] The height of the building is 128m above ground level.[6]
The Blade has 110,000 sq ft for office use, 7,200 sq ft of space of which was let to Gateley, a law firm, for £34 per sq ft, one of the highest rents Reading has achieved.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Blade". Emporis. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ a b Skyscrapernews's building database, 23/11/09 version
- ^ a b BBC Berkshire, Places, The Blade, By Linda Serck, April 2009
- ^ getreading, "Blade a different class for finance firm" 2 February 2010, retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ Paul Robins, getreading
- ^ a b "The Blade, Reading - Building #1910". skyscrapernews.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "The Blade in Reading is up for sale". Get Reading. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
Media related to The Blade Reading at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2017)