The Tower Hotel is a large hotel situated on the north bank of the River Thames, on the east side of Tower Bridge, in London. The hotel was designed by the Renton Howard Wood Partnership, and constructed by Taylor Woodrow for owners J. Lyons & Co., and opened in September 1973. It was built in a Brutalist style and was voted the second most hated building in London in a 2006 BBC poll. It is frequently used for roof top filming due to its high level view of a skyline including Tower Bridge, Tower of London and the river.