Medieval London church lifted into the sky as office is built underneath
London church raised 45ft above ground to make way for new office project
- A medieval church tower in London was lifted 45ft above the ground to facilitate the construction of a new skyscraper.
- The more than 700-year-old Tower of All Hallows Staining Church is currently balancing on stilts at the 50 Fenchurch Street site.
- A new £1bn office tower for French insurer Axa will be built next to the Grade I-listed church, which will become the centrepiece of a public square.
- Rob Samuel, Head of Development at AXA Investment Managers, described the excavation work around the church as a “never-seen-before feat of engineering”.
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