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The Tower, Meridian Quay is the tallest building in Wales, standing at 107m (351ft), and one of two tall buildings in the city of Swansea. The tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower. Most of the tower houses residential apartments. The ground floor has a concierge desk which is manned 24 hours a day, whilst the top three floors form the Grape and Olive restaurant run by the Cardiff brewery S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd.〔(SA Brains website )〕 This was opened following the unsuccessful 290 cover Pentouse restaurant. Press reports stated that the penthouse apartment on the 26th floor was sold for £1 million.〔(BBC News: Property view from around Wales )〕 On 26 January 2008, one of the construction workers died after falling three storeys from the tower.〔(BBC NEWS | Wales | South West Wales | Tower builder fall man critical )〕 The construction company, Carillion, chose not to release his name. The tower "topped-out" to its full height on 12 September 2008. ==Gallery== Image:Marina Tower UC Jan 2008.jpg|Tower under construction, January 2008 Image:Marina Tower UC March 2008.jpg|Tower under construction, March 2008 Image:Meridian_quay_tower_may_2008.jpg|Tower under construction, May 2008 Image:Marina Tower June 08.JPG|Tower under construction, June 2008 Image:Meridian_Tower_Swansea_Skyline.jpg|Completed Tower at dawn, March 2010 Image:Bae Abertawe, Twr Meridian1.JPG|Tower from the breakwater during high tide, September 2010 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Tower, Meridian Quay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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