Categories
Tag cloud
-
Recent posts
- The Hand and Racquet pub in London disgracefully rots away, three years after the Free School was evicted
- Neukölln Flomarkt photos – a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket
- Photos of Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany
- Save This Tree campaign battles to keep a fine London Plane from the axe
- Photo feature – Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany
Recent comments
- amon on The Hand and Racquet pub in London disgracefully rots away, three years after the Free School was evicted
- Barbara Pryce on Newman Passage, Fitrovia – a walk into London’s past
- Barbara Pryce on The Edwardian elegance of Daunt Books, Marylebone, London
- Rank/Noble Sticks of rock. on The Brighton i360 tower: ‘successor’ to the West Pier
- Paul Smith on Save This Tree campaign battles to keep a fine London Plane from the axe
Twitter
My Tweets
skyscraper Archive
-
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. -
![London’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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/merchant-square-london-skyscraper-3-115x115.jpg "The Cucumber at 1 Merchant Square is set to be the tallest building in Westminster, London")
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. -
![This 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/colliers-wood-tower-01-115x115.jpg "Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’")
Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 | No CommentsThis 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 […] -
![Construction 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/batimore-tower-london-docklands-2-115x115.jpg "Work starts on the twisty 45-storey luxury Baltimore Tower in Canary Wharf, London")
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 […] -
![Currently 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cheesegrater-skyscraper-london-17-115x115.jpg "Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year")
Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year
Posted on Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 | 1 CommentCurrently 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 […] -
![Costing 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/walkie-talkie-tower-16-115x115.jpg "Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden")
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 | 3 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 […] -
![Construction 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/one-the-elephant-5-115x115.jpg "One The Elephant: 37 storey residential tower in Elephant and Castle with zero affordable units")
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 […] -
![Topped 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cheesegrater-building-video1-115x115.jpg "London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper (The Leadenhall Building) captured in time lapse video")
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 […] -
![After 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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/trip-up-the-shard-26-115x115.jpg "View from The Shard – a trip to the top of the tallest building in Europe")
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 […] -
![At 50 floors, the St George Wharf Tower will be the tallest residential building in the UK, and the build on the south bank of the Thames by Vauxhall, central London is […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/st-george-wharf-tower-21-115x115.jpg "St George Wharf Tower (the Vauxhall Tower) in south London nears completion")
St George Wharf Tower (the Vauxhall Tower) in south London nears completion
Posted on Monday, Mar 4, 2013 | 5 CommentsAt 50 floors, the St George Wharf Tower will be the tallest residential building in the UK, and the build on the south bank of the Thames by Vauxhall, central London is […] -
Dramatic sunbursts light up the London Shard skyscraper
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 | 4 CommentsThere was a dramatic London skyline seen from Brixton today as the winter sun bounced off the Shard Tower, near London Bridge. -
Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street rises into the London sky
Posted on Monday, Nov 12, 2012 | No CommentsSeen from Aldgate, the skeleton of the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street can be seen rising into a dramatic London sky. -
![A mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/damaged-crane-new-york-storm-01-115x115.jpg "New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy")
New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy
Posted on Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 | No CommentsA mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan, […] -
![The mean buggers turned down my press request for me to come up and photograph the view from the top of The Shard, but at least I can see what I’m missing […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/panorama-view-the-shard-115x115.jpg "Panoramic views from the viewing gallery near the the top of The Shard [video]")
Panoramic views from the viewing gallery near the the top of The Shard [video]
Posted on Friday, Jul 13, 2012 | 1 CommentThe mean buggers turned down my press request for me to come up and photograph the view from the top of The Shard, but at least I can see what I’m missing […]