The Unity Buildings in Liverpool, England consist of the 86 m (282 ft) tall Unity Residential and 64 m (210 ft) Unity Commercial. They are respectively 27 and 16 storeys tall and the city's eighth and thirteenth tallest buildings (although typically speaking, the towers are one entity as they are both connected to one another). The buildings are located immediately within

Liverpool city centre Liverpool city centre is the administrative, commercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region, England. There are different definitions of the city centre for urban planning and local government; ...

on Chapel Street and were completed in 2007. As the names suggest, the taller of the two towers consists primarily of flats and residential units, whilst the smaller tower is primarily office space. The residential tower contains 162 residential units of mainly two and three bedroom duplex apartments, as well as a residents' gym and underground parking. Prior to the construction of the Unity Buildings, another project was tipped for development on the same site. The 40 storey building was to be called 'Capital Exchange', however it was scrapped in favour of the Unity Buildings.

Awards

The Unity Buildings alongside Palestra in London won the

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' annual tall buildings awards in 2007, the RIBA described the towers as follows: "arrangement minimises any interruption to views of the Mersey and allows Unity, with its Dazzle Camouflage patterns."

Gallery

File:Construction, Liverpool (geograph 1892610).jpg, Under construction in 2005 File:Unity Res Liverpool.jpg, A close up and detail of the Unity Residential building File:Unitycommercial2.jpg, A close up and detail of the Unity Commercial building File:AtlanticStNicholas.jpg, Unity Residential and Commercial seen to the left and right behind Atlantic Tower File:Unity Residential Liverpool.jpg, Unity Residential File:Unity Buildings, Liverpool from Chapel Street (2).JPG, Unity Commercial

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{{Liverpool B&S Buildings and structures in Liverpool Skyscrapers in Liverpool Office buildings completed in 2007 Residential buildings completed in 2007 Twin towers Unity Buildings Residential skyscrapers in England