What is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and is housed with what is "the UK's first proper skyscraper outside London"?
Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hilton Manchester Deansgate is a hotel in city centre of Manchester, United Kingdom. The hotel is housed within the 47-storey mixed-use skyscraper with the highest residential living space – Beetham Tower, also known as the Hilton Tower. The architect of the building (described as "the UK's first proper skyscraper outside London"), Ian Simpson bought the top two floors – 48th and 49th.
Eric Bedford (architect) Eric Bedford, CVO, CBE (8 November 1909 – 28 July 2001) was a twentieth century British architect whose most famous work is London's BT Tower. In 1961, construction began on what was then known as The Post Office Tower, with Bedford as Chief Architect and G R Yeats, senior architect in charge. Completed in 1961, with a height of 177 metres (581 ft), it became London's tallest building.