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skyscraper Archive
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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... -
St George Wharf Tower (the Vauxhall Tower) in south London nears completion
Posted on Monday, Mar 4, 2013 | 2 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. -
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,... -
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... -
St George Wharf Tower – the tallest residential building in the UK hits 50 floors
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 6 CommentsShooting up in to the central London sky is the St George Wharf Tower, soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK. -
The Shard looks post-apocalyptic in the dark, gloomy clouds of May
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsI like the way that the top part of The Shard tower in London Bridge is currently sporting something of post-apocalyptic look, heightened by the dark, stormy clouds behind. -
Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy!
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 | 5 CommentsPlans are afoot for London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper, with developers proposing to ‘transform the office building and public realm into a new residential use tower with retail, restaurants and a major public space at its base.” -
The Art Deco splendour of the stunning Chrysler Building, New York City
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 | No CommentsDesigned by architect William Van Alen for automotive magnate Walter P. Chrysler, the Chrysler Building in New York is a glorious skyscraper, packed full of Art Deco style. First catching sight of its... -
St George Wharf Tower – soon to be the UK’s tallest residential building – rises in Vauxhall
Posted on Friday, Feb 17, 2012 | 2 CommentsCurrently rising into the skies at Vauxhall is the St George Wharf Tower (aka The Tower), which will be the tallest residential building in the UK when completed. -
The rarely spinning turbines of the Strata Tower, south London
Posted on Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 | 5 CommentsVoted ‘Britain’s ugliest new building‘ by readers of Building Design magazine (and thus the holder of the 2010 Carbuncle Cup), the 43-storey Strata tower in south London presents a distinctive outline with its three turbines... -
The London Shard inches closer to completion
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve enjoyed watching The Shard at London Bridge grow from a short concrete stump back in March 2010, and now it’s rapidly heading towards its completion deadline of May 2012. -
The Shard comes under close scrutiny from Southwark Cathedral
Posted on Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve been watching the slow but steady rise of The Shard with keen interest, first documenting the skyscraper when I caught glimpse of its central core rising over London Bridge... -
Lesser known London viewpoints: the dramatic view from One New Change, St Pauls
Posted on Thursday, Sep 1, 2011 | 1 CommentThere’s some fabulous new views across London to be seen on top of the dramatic One New Change development by St Pauls. Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the eight-storey shopping...