Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Beetham Tower (also known as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark 47-storey mixed-use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners. The development, which occupies a narrow plot of land at the top of Deansgate, was proposed in July 2003 and construction started a year later. At a height of 554 feet (169 m), it is the tallest building in Manchester, the 12th tallest building in the United Kingdom and the tallest building in the UK outside London. Upon opening in 2006, it was the tallest residential building in the UK and second-tallest in Europe after the Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden at 620 feet (190 m). It has been described by the Financial Times as "the UK’s only proper skyscraper outside London".The structure is one of the thinnest skyscrapers in the world with a height to width ratio of 12:1 on the east-west facade. A blade structure on the south side of the building acts as a façade overrun accentuating its slim form and doubles as a lightning rod. The skyscraper is visible from ten English counties on a clear day. The top-floor penthouse offers views of Greater Manchester, the Cheshire Plain, the Pennines, the Peak District and Snowdonia. The tower is known for an intermittent but unintentional hum in windy weather, believed to emanate from the glass 'blade' atop the building. The hum has been recorded as a B below middle C.Architectural response to the skyscraper is polarised and interpretations vary. The cantilever bears the load of the north façade symbolically representing the historical strength and revival of post-industrial Manchester following economic decline in the 1980s and the 1996 Manchester bombing. Some questioned its dominant appearance over the city – particularly over listed buildings with one author going as far to say the skyscraper instantly "torpedoed" any possibility of Manchester becoming a UNESCO World Heritage city. Others feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester's reinvention as a post-industrial city. Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.It is owned by the billionaire property developer John Christodoulou."@en }
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- Beetham_Tower,_Manchester abstract "Beetham Tower (also known as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark 47-storey mixed-use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners. The development, which occupies a narrow plot of land at the top of Deansgate, was proposed in July 2003 and construction started a year later. At a height of 554 feet (169 m), it is the tallest building in Manchester, the 12th tallest building in the United Kingdom and the tallest building in the UK outside London. Upon opening in 2006, it was the tallest residential building in the UK and second-tallest in Europe after the Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden at 620 feet (190 m). It has been described by the Financial Times as "the UK’s only proper skyscraper outside London".The structure is one of the thinnest skyscrapers in the world with a height to width ratio of 12:1 on the east-west facade. A blade structure on the south side of the building acts as a façade overrun accentuating its slim form and doubles as a lightning rod. The skyscraper is visible from ten English counties on a clear day. The top-floor penthouse offers views of Greater Manchester, the Cheshire Plain, the Pennines, the Peak District and Snowdonia. The tower is known for an intermittent but unintentional hum in windy weather, believed to emanate from the glass 'blade' atop the building. The hum has been recorded as a B below middle C.Architectural response to the skyscraper is polarised and interpretations vary. The cantilever bears the load of the north façade symbolically representing the historical strength and revival of post-industrial Manchester following economic decline in the 1980s and the 1996 Manchester bombing. Some questioned its dominant appearance over the city – particularly over listed buildings with one author going as far to say the skyscraper instantly "torpedoed" any possibility of Manchester becoming a UNESCO World Heritage city. Others feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester's reinvention as a post-industrial city. Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.It is owned by the billionaire property developer John Christodoulou.".