The Chronicle Tower (aka Lexicon Tower) is a 36-storey 115m tall residential building in
City Road
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, London, on the west side of the
City Road Basin
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, part of the
Regent's Canal
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. The closest underground station is
Angel
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.
The building includes 146 apartments
and is close to the
"Square Mile" (London financial city) and "
Silicon Roundabout
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".
The architects were
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
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(SOM)
[ who also designed other notable buildings in the world including ]Willis Tower
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in Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and Burj Khalifa
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in Dubai
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.
The building has an on-site gym, spa and swimming pool.
Gallery
File:Lexicon City Road.png, September 2020
File:Lexicon and Canaletto Towers, Islington, London.jpg, November 2015
References
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Skyscrapers in the London Borough of Islington
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Islington
Residential buildings completed in 2016