Marathon House

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Marathon House by Oxyman as part of the Geograph project.

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Marathon House

Image: © Oxyman Taken: 4 Sep 2007

Marathon House, completed 1960 (then Castrol House), exhibited the first use of an American-style fully-glazed curtain wall in England. It is 49 m, 162 ft high and has 15 floors. The building was influenced by New York City's Lever House.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.522127
Longitude
-0.16062