- Portland House
. It is convert|101|m|ft|0 tall with 29 floors and was completed in 1963.
The building has two banks of lifts — the first serving the first up to the fifteenth floor, and the second the fifteenth floor upwards. Firms that currently use Portland House for office space include
American Express ,TradeDoubler ,uSwitch , Upmystreet.com,Rentokil Initial , [AkzoNobel] [http://www.akzonobel.com] andRegus .The building is a two minute walk from
London Victoria station (mainline and tube) andVictoria Coach Station . The surrounding area has been redeveloped over the last two years with new a new shopping and refreshments area calledCardinal Place . The building also has a gym in the basement.Portland House is the highest building in Victoria and Westminster, and can be see from as far away as
Battersea . Rumour has it that Queen Elizabeth II demanded the building be pulled down shortly after completion, as it can be seen from — and see into — the grounds ofBuckingham Palace .Fact|date=April 2007The building is part of the Cardinal Place Estate, which includes the shopping centre and development around the building. Retail establishments such as
Marks & Spencer , Boots,Thorntons , Zara,Ha Ha Bar and Zizi have taken retail space in the complex.The ground floor has a portico arrangement of pillars which reflect the octagonal cross section of the building.
This building was successfully climbed by French urban climber
Alain Robert in 2007.ee also
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Tall buildings in London External links
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110683 Emporis.com entry]
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