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1 Undershaft – Proposed tallest skyscraper in the City Of London is a boring box
Posted on Monday, Dec 7, 2015 | 1 CommentMeasuring 309.6 meters in height, this new building proposed by architect Eric Parry will be the tallest building in the City of London. -
Get a great free view of London from One New Change, St Pauls
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 | 3 CommentsThere’s not many things you can get for free in central London, so it’s worth celebrating this magnificent free viewing platform by St Paul’s Cathedral one more time. -
The Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie tower, 20 Fenchurch Street, London – photos
Posted on Thursday, Jan 15, 2015 | 2 CommentsThe Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has now opened to the public, so I took a stroll around yesterday. -
London in miniature: the fabulous scale model at the Building Centre
Posted on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2014 | 1 CommentI first visited the Building Centre back in 2011 and was suitably impressed by the amazing Pipers 1:1500 scale model of London which dominates the ground floor. -
Views from The Shard skyscraper: Shangri-la hotel, London landscapes and a high tech toilet
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2014 | No CommentsLast week I took another trip up the Shard skyscraper in London Bridge, this time courtesy of a tech press launch I was invited to. The launch took place in the ultra-plush […] -
Video drone flies over the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 | 1 CommentSit back and watch this incredible footage of a drone cam flying over the tip of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – the tallest human-made structure in the world. -
The Cucumber at 1 Merchant Square is set to be the tallest building in Westminster, London
Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2014 | No CommentsLondon’s skyline is changing fast, with a plethora of upmarket high rises set to alter the landscape for ever – and not always for the better. Swiftly dividing opinion is the forthcoming luxury development at […] -
Developers unveil plans to stop the Walkie Talkie tower’s car-melting rays
Posted on Thursday, Feb 13, 2014 | No CommentsDevelopers of the distinctive Walkie Talkie tower in the City of London have submitted plans to prevent the skyscraper reflecting powerful rays of sunlight to the street below. -
Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 | 1 CommentThis spectacularly ugly 1960s concrete tower block has been a sizeable blot on the Colliers Wood skyline in south London for years on end, but a promised complete makeover looks set to […] -
Work starts on the twisty 45-storey luxury Baltimore Tower in Canary Wharf, London
Posted on Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 | 5 CommentsConstruction has started on the curious shaped Baltimore Tower, billed as “an iconic new landmark for luxury living” and set to offer 330 flats for the well heeled. The 45-storey […] -
Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year
Posted on Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 | 3 CommentsCurrently under construction but nearing completion is this striking new skyscraper at 22 Leadenhall Street. Designed by Richard Rogers and developed by British Land and Oxford Properties, the building features a […] -
Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden
Posted on Thursday, Jul 4, 2013 | 5 CommentsCosting over £200 million, the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has been designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly and features an opinion-dividing top-heavy form. Set to open in just under […] -
One The Elephant: 37 storey residential tower in Elephant and Castle with zero affordable units
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 | No CommentsConstruction has now started on this massive new residential tower on the site of the old Elephant & Castle leisure centre, right next door to the Tabernacle building in south-central […] -
London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper (The Leadenhall Building) captured in time lapse video
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 | No CommentsTopped out last night in a ceremony attended by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, The Leadenhall Building is the latest addition to London’s skyline, and it’s a big, wedgey kind […] -
View from The Shard – a trip to the top of the tallest building in Europe
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsAfter watching the skyscraper slowly rise in the London sky from my Brixton flat, I finally made it to the top of the Shard tower, and was rewarded with some […]