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It has 39 floors, and is the second tallest building in the city after the 499 ft (152 m) British Telecom Tower. However, three other skyscrapers which have been approved threatening its status; V Building, Broad Street Tower and the under construction Three Snowhill. There are also plans for Birminghams tallest building standing at 201m called the Regal tower, this is awaiting approval.
The front façade of the building is floor-to-ceiling glass decorated in "tiger stripes" which are used to enhance the vertical impact. As the apartments were being furbished, an aqua coloured camouflage was also added to these windows with some of the tiger stripes being removed. Coloured lights can be seen underneath the overhang at night.
The lower 19-floors are a Radisson Blu hotel, which opened to guests on 16 January 2006 whilst the upper floors were still being furnished. The upper 20 floors contain 158 apartments.
There are eight circular concrete columns as well as the core on each floor. The post-tensioned flat plates of the upper floors are concrete and measure 9 in (225 mm) in thickness.
10 Holloway Circus received 12 points in the 2006 Emporis Skyscraper Awards placing it in eighth position in the top ten.
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