St Albans: Ziggurat (3)
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St Albans: Ziggurat (3)
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 29 May 2009
A ziggurat was a stepped pyramid structure built as a temple, mostly to be found in ancient Mesopotamia. The architects of this building have used the ziggurat as a theme for this glass-fronted office block although in order to maximize the floor space area only the area above the main reception, on the left, is stepped. The building has about 8,500 square metres of office space and is at 25 Grosvenor Road, St Albans. Please see Image and Image for other views of the same building. (It was only after downloading the image from the camera that I saw the ghostly reflection of what I assume is an aircraft vapour trail, and not an out of control Cruise missile, somewhere over Chiswell Green!)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.746553
Longitude
-0.327669