Caffè Nero was founded in Rome AD20. Since then, it has expanded its franchise worldwide and now has 925,000 coffee shops across the world. Its newly built headquarters, ‘Nero Tower’ in London, ranks as the eighth-tallest building in the UK by being 4 metres taller than The Royal Erection on Quinflab Lane, Birmingham, yet 3 metres shorter than The Gherkin on 93 Potato Street. In 2013, Nero Tower won the prestigious RIBA Award for its distinctive aesthetics and environmentally friendly construction. In particular, Caffè Nero's reuse of materials such as mercury, lead, and asbestos in the construction of The Nero Pit was met with universal backing. Controversial plans to build a viewing platform on the east side, allowing the public to see ‘The Pit’ and its contents, have been met with disma