Tag: skyscraper
In photos: River walk from North Greenwich to the Thames Barrier via the O2/Millennium Dome
London is full of great walks, and one of my favourites is the fairly short walk from North Greenwich tube station to the Thames Barrier and back, taking in The …
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In photos: the unspeakable ugliness of Vauxhall’s St George Wharf riverside development and tower
With each fresh new luxury development adding a new slab of ugliness, the Vauxhall skyline has become a hideous, shiny mess, dominated by the thusting phallus of the ridiculous St …
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1 Undershaft – Proposed tallest skyscraper in the City Of London is a boring box
Measuring 309.6 meters in height, this new building proposed by architect Eric Parry will be the tallest building in the City of London.
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Get a great free view of London from One New Change, St Pauls
There’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.
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The Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie tower, 20 Fenchurch Street, London – photos
The Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has now opened to the public, so I took a stroll around yesterday.
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London in miniature: the fabulous scale model at the Building Centre
I 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.
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Views from The Shard skyscraper: Shangri-la hotel, London landscapes and a high tech toilet
Last 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 …
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Video drone flies over the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Sit 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.
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The Cucumber at 1 Merchant Square is set to be the tallest building in Westminster, London
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 …
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Developers unveil plans to stop the Walkie Talkie tower’s car-melting rays
Developers 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.
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Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’
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 …
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Work starts on the twisty 45-storey luxury Baltimore Tower in Canary Wharf, London
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 …
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Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year
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 …
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Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden
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 …
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One The Elephant: 37 storey residential tower in Elephant and Castle with zero affordable units
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 …
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London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper (The Leadenhall Building) captured in time lapse video
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 …
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View from The Shard – a trip to the top of the tallest building in Europe
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 …
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Dramatic sunbursts light up the London Shard skyscraper
There was a dramatic London skyline seen from Brixton today as the winter sun bounced off the Shard Tower, near London Bridge.
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Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street rises into the London sky
Seen from Aldgate, the skeleton of the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street can be seen rising into a dramatic London sky.
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New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy
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, …
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Panoramic views from the viewing gallery near the the top of The Shard [video]
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 …
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St George Wharf Tower – the tallest residential building in the UK hits 50 floors
Shooting up in to the central London sky is the St George Wharf Tower, soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK.
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The Shard looks post-apocalyptic in the dark, gloomy clouds of May
I 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.
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Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy!
Plans 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.”
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The Art Deco splendour of the stunning Chrysler Building, New York City
Designed 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 …
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St George Wharf Tower – soon to be the UK’s tallest residential building – rises in Vauxhall
Currently 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.
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The rarely spinning turbines of the Strata Tower, south London
Voted ‘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 …
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