Post Office Tower

I came round a corner to a meeting today and spotted the tower, having not seen it for many years. Apparently it is now the BT Tower. I had not realised until I checked at it was erected in 1965 yet I remember its iconic status at the time. Here is some information.

At 189 metres high, the Post Office Tower literally towered over every other building in the capital when the iconic London landmark now known as the BT Tower opened on October 8th in 1965.

Built from 13,000 tonnes of steel and 4,600 square meters of glass, the tower, was commissioned by the General Post Office to support microwave aerials carrying telecommunications transmissions from London to the rest of the country.

The tower was designed by architects Eric Bedford and G. R. Yeats, and its cylindrical shape was chosen because it meant that the building would shift no more than 20cm (or one third of a degree) in high winds – a necessity for the aerials it carried.

Nice to see it again after all these years. Heading home now for a relaxing weekend. Hope you all have the same.