Mercia House Coventry UK (1964)

    Seen with The Ramada Hotel ( built as Burlington House 1979) and the dome of West Orchard Shopping Centre (1990) and IKEA Coventry ( 2007). The red crown of LED lights on Mercia House indicate wind speed and direction - owing to this long exposure though, they are all lit.
    The "Coventry light towers" project was designed in 1997 by lighting architects Speirs and Major.

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      Ebroh added this photo to their favorites. (4 months ago)

    2. bina20122012 (4 months ago | reply)

      Coventry is interesting by day but really comes alive at night.

    3. nexapt101 (4 months ago | reply)

      Nice perspective Andy.

    4. ammto61 (4 months ago | reply)

      nice

    5. Discours de Bayeux [deleted] (4 months ago | reply)

      Beautifully done!

    6. Ian Halsey (4 months ago | reply)

      Great view.

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      Daniel Coyle added this photo to his favorites. (2 months ago)

    8. Daniel Coyle (2 months ago | reply)

      i remember being told at school that the west orchards domed roof was either the highest or largest glass dome of its kind in the world when it was built. do you know if this is actually true? ive tried to find out online but no luck there im afraid. cheers :)

    9. Andy McGeechan (2 months ago | reply)

      At the time it was built it was indeed the highest at 115 feet but that soon changed when another faceless shopping centre outdid it somewhere else. It's other claim to fame was the waterfall by the lifts being the highest such drop for an indoor water feature (about 95ft) it was so noisy they had to fit nylon rods for it to trickle down....now nobody notices it's there any more !

    10. Daniel Coyle (2 months ago | reply)

      oh ok thanks for that :) and i think they got rid of the waterfall somettime last year didnt they?

    11. Andy McGeechan (2 months ago | reply)

      Perhaps, or they've just switched it off. I'll have a look next time I'm in.

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