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Curtain walling
Commercial Union Tower (Aviva Tower), I Undershaft, City of London, seen from Leadenhall Street
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NOTES: This tower was originally built as a pair with the P & O Building at 122 Leadenhall Street which was demolished in 2008.
Fagus factory, Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony
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NOTES: This shoe last factory, commissioned by Karl Benscheidt (1858-1947), is considered to be an important example of early modern architecture, especially as an early example of the use of curtain walling.
Vickers House, Millbank, London: the tower seen between the podium and the Y-block
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NOTES: Commissioned by Vickers Ltd and financed by Legal & General Assurance Society, this redevelopment consists of three main sections: the 34-storey tower and 8-storey Y-shaped block, and an 11-storey residential block.
National Westminster Bank (NatWest) Tower, Old Broad Street, City of London
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NOTES: The National Westminster Bank (NatWest) Tower remained the tallest building in the City of London until the erection of the nearby Heron Tower in 2009. Badly damaged in the Bishopsgate bombing of 1993, the tower was subsequently entirely reclad and refurbished internally and renamed Tower 42.
