{"id":16853,"date":"2015-12-07T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16853"},"modified":"2015-12-07T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T10:53:36","slug":"1-undershaft-proposed-tallest-skyscraper-in-the-city-of-london-is-a-boring-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/1-undershaft-proposed-tallest-skyscraper-in-the-city-of-london-is-a-boring-box\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Undershaft – Proposed tallest skyscraper in the City Of London is a boring box"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Proposed<\/p>\n

Measuring 309.6 meters in height, this\u00a0new building proposed by\u00a0architect Eric Parry will be the tallest building in the City of London.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Proposed<\/p>\n

Measuring up at 80 metres higher than the current tallest building in the City, the 122 Leadenhall – aka The Cheesegrater<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0the 73-storey building will pack in\u00a010,000 workers across 90,000 square metres of office space.<\/p>\n

\"Proposed<\/p>\n

It’s just a smidgen shorter than the nearby Shard<\/a>, but will share none\u00a0of its eye-catching architectural flourishes; instead this thing is just going to be a ruddy great tapering box jutting out into the sky, with its bronze cross-bracing the only notable feature.<\/p>\n

The diamond shaped external cross bracing is necessary to allow for the tower to be built\u00a010.5 metres off the ground in order to create public space underneath the building.<\/p>\n

A ‘public square’ will also be part of the scheme and the skyscraper is planned to have London’s highest viewing gallery which will have free public access.<\/p>\n

\"Proposed<\/p>\n

The architects plan to submit a planning application for the 1 Undershaft tower in 2016, and if successful, it will become the tallest in the City of London.<\/p>\n

With most of the new skyscrapers in London swiftly acquiring snappy nicknames (Gherkin, Walkie Talkie<\/a>, Cucumber<\/a>, Cheesegrater etc), it’ll be interesting if anyone can come up with a name for a building as boring as this one.<\/p>\n

Tower facts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
General information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Status<\/th>\nProposed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/th>\nOffice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/th>\nCity of London<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address<\/th>\n1 Undershaft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Town or city<\/th>\nLondon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/th>\nUnited Kingdom<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Client<\/th>\nAroland Holdings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Architectural<\/th>\n294.6 m (966.5 ft) AGL<\/a><\/p>\n

309.6 m (1015.7 ft) AOD<\/a>[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Technical details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Floor count<\/th>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Floor area<\/th>\n90,000 sq m[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Design and construction<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Architecture firm<\/th>\nEric Parry Architects<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Chat about the\u00a01 Undershaft\u00a0tower on the forums.<\/a><\/p>\n

[Wikipedia<\/a>] – [Via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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