Beijing boasts the CCTV building, an astonishing piece of architecture (1) which regardless of whether or not people like it, is sure to spark debate. Closer to home, London continues to grow upwards with new buildings boasting new designs not all of which are as imaginitive, most simply being glass skins wrapped over metal frames.
Number 5 Broadgate however seeks to be a little something of its own. 
Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects (2) for client UBS, it stands next to Liverpool Street Station as a brand new model of machine engineering. Which is exactly what tries to emulate. 
Boasting “the form of a perfectly machined metal object” (2), the building reflects internal processes with external stainless steel marked with exacting gaps and openings. 
It also boasts a green credential with carbon emissions some 65% lower than the previous two buildings on the same site(3).
1 http://oma.eu/projects/cctv-headquarters
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