Cardiff city centre is the city centre and central business district of Cardiff, Wales. The area is tightly bound by the River Taff to the west, the Civic Centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations – Central and Queen Street – to the south and east respectively. Cardiff became a city in 1905.
The V Building was a proposed 51 storey residential skyscraper that had been approved for construction on Broad Street on the Westside of the city centre of Birmingham, United Kingdom, as part of the larger Arena Central development scheme on the former ATV / Central Television Studios which were closed in 1997. The entire development site covered an area of 7.6 acres (31,000 m2). On completion the development would have set to include offices, shops, restaurants, cafes, leisure/entertainment, fitness centre and hotel. It was to have been located next to Alpha Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Birmingham, on a place which was a multi-level underground car park in 2007. The total cost of the entire scheme was expected to be £400 million and of the tower, £150 million.
Capital Tower, originally known as Pearl Assurance House, is a high-rise building in Cardiff, Wales. Standing at 270 feet (82 m) to roof height, Capital Tower is slightly taller than Stadium House, which stands at 78 metres (256 ft) to roof height.
Stadium House in Park Street, Cardiff, Wales, is the third tallest building in Cardiff, Wales, which stands next to the Millennium Stadium. The 255ft (78m) tall building is owned by BT Group, and underwent a £7.1 million refurbishment programme in 2002.
The Tower, Meridian Quay is a residential tower in Swansea, Wales. It is the tallest building in Wales and the west of the United Kingdom. Standing at 107m (351ft), Meridian Quay is one of two tall buildings in Swansea, and is one of the tallest residential towers in the United Kingdom.
Axis is a tower topped out and under construction in Manchester city centre, Manchester, England. The tower has had two iterations, one as a stalled construction project which was cancelled due to the Great Recession in 2008, and the other as residential which was announced in 2014. When completed, Axis Tower will become the seventh tallest building in Manchester until the completion of the Deansgate Square and Angel Gardens projects that are currently under construction.
The Leckwith development is in the Leckwith area of southwest Cardiff, Wales. Work started in Autumn 2007 with the construction of a new stadium for Cardiff City F.C. and Cardiff Blues.
The Unity Buildings in Liverpool, England consist of the 86 m (282 ft) tall Unity Residential and 64 m (210 ft) Unity Commercial. They are respectively 27 and 16 storeys tall and the city's eighth and thirteenth tallest buildings. The buildings are located immediately within Liverpool city centre on Chapel Street and were completed in 2007. As the names suggest, the taller of the two towers consists primarily of flats and residential units, whilst the smaller tower is primarily office space. The residential tower contains 162 residential units of mainly two and three bedroom duplex apartments, as well as a residents' gym and underground parking. Prior to the construction of the Unity Buildings, another project was tipped for development on the same site. The 145 metres (476 ft) 40 storey building was to be called 'Capital Exchange', however it was scrapped in favour of the Unity Buildings.
Holland House, formerly called Julian Hodge House, is a high-rise hotel on Newport Road near the centre of Cardiff, Wales. Originally an office block, the 60.3-metre-high (197.83 ft) building has 15 floors and is the seventh tallest building in Cardiff.
Helmont House is a high-rise hotel and office tower in Cardiff, Wales. Completed in 1984, the 58-metre-high (190 ft) building has 12 floors and is the 12th-tallest building in Cardiff. The building was renovated in 2009 into a 200-room Premier Inn hotel.
Custom House Street Tower is a proposed 42-storey skyscraper in Cardiff, Wales. It is being constructed by the Watkins Jones Group and was originally due to open in 2018, however, as of 2019 work has yet to begin. The 433 ft (132 m) mixed-use development building will accommodate approximately 450 students and also retail units on the ground floor. When completed it is envisaged that the tower will become the tallest building in Wales. The tower is enclosed by Custom House Street to the north, Bute Street to the east, the South Wales Main Line to the south and Hope Street to the west.
Chartist Tower is a 53.3 metre tall high rise building in west Newport, Wales. It was built in 1966, and is the tallest building in the city.
