Completed 2000 Floor count 8 Main contractor Contractor Opened 2000 Floor area 4 ha | Roof 125 metres (410 ft) Architect Architects Height 125 m Floors 8 Construction started 1997 | |
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Location 132 Commercial Street, London, United Kingdom, A1202 Inner London Ring Road Similar Old Spitalfields Market, Shoreditch High Street railway st, Aldgate East tube station | ||
The Exchange Building is a residential building in London named after the original purpose of the building, which was a Telephone Exchange for British Telecom. It is located on the A1202 Inner London Arterial Ring Road at 132 Commercial Street in Tower Hamlets.
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Map of The Exchange Building, London, UK
The Exchange Building stands opposite the Peabody building and is 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with 8 storeys. The building features the original metal and glass window design, which was intended to resemble the original Telephone Exchange style, with residential flats on each floor. The Exchange Building benefits from 24-hour porters as well as an underground car park.
History
The Exchange Building was constructed at No. 132 Commercial Street between 1900 and 1910 under the management of Great London's public building company. Originally a telephone exchange, the building was converted in 2000 into residential dwellings.
The building was the first in a wave of converted residential buildings in East London, as the Tower Hamlets area was gentrified at the turn of the 21st Century.