Talk Title: Exchange House and the Broadgate Development over London's Liverpool Street Station
Speaker Bio: William Baker, the man who developed the structural system behind the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is an Honorary Professor in Structural Engineering Design.
Talk Abstract: In the 1980’s, developer Sir Stuart Lipton led the creation of 14 buildings over the air-rights of London’s Liverpool Street Station. It changed London. It converted acres of open-to-the-sky rail lines and rail yards into offices, stores, restaurants, plazas and streets. It healed a wound in the fabric of London that dated back to the Victorian era. The centerpiece of the development is Exchange House. Located where the converging tracks precluded a convention building, Exchange House is both a building and a bridge that spans the tracks. The presentation will provide an overview of the Broadgate Development and a more detailed discussion of Exchange House (Bill Baker was the Senior Engineer on Exchange House).