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Skyscrapers in the British Capital, England: Tall Buildings in the UK Capital
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London Skyscraper Architecture
London Tower Buildings – latest additions to this page, Major Developments arranged chronologically:
1 May 2013
Walkie Talkie Building, City of London
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Walkie Talkie Skyscraper Building
New photos of 20 Fenchurch St Building as construction of this controversial skyscraper nears the top. The 37-storey tower that breaks with the perceived boundaries of common architectural expression and is located away from the main cluster of skyscapers in the City of London. The building billows out towards the top, the opposite of a typical skyscraper design which aims to get more slender as it rises.
1 May 2013
240 Blackfriars, south London
Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
240 Blackfriars Tower
The key feature is a chamfer progressively sliced off the angled facade as it rises up the building, the architects describe it thus: “Terminating the vista from the south end of Blackfriars Bridge is the crystalline form of this 20 storey office building wrapped in a fluid pinstripe glass skin”.
London Skyscrapers
London Skyscrapers, buildings listed alphabetically:
20 Blackfriars Road
Design: Wilkinson Eyre
20 Blackfriars Road : 43 storeys
201 Bishopsgate, City of London
Design: SOM Architects
201 Bishopsgate : 63 storeys
Beetham tower – proposed, 1 Blackfriars Road, Southbank, southeast London
2006-
Design: Ian Simpson Architects
London skyscraper : 51 storeys
Building height: 52 storeys – originhally 68 storeys
Canary Wharf towers
Design: Cesar Pelli & various others
Canary Wharf towers
Centre Point Tower
Architect: Richard Seifert
Centre Point Tower
City Road Tower
Design: Will Alsop architect
City Road Tower
DIFA Tower also known as the ‘Helter Skelter’
Design: KPF Architects
Doon Street tower – approved 2009
Design: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Doon Street tower : 43 storeys
Eagle House, Old Street
2007-
Design: Terry Farrell architect
Building height: 27-storey tower
East Croydon towers
2007-
Design: make architects
for Menta – 4 towers
Fenchurch Street Tower – ‘Walkie Talkie’ building, 20 Fenchurch St, City of London
2006-
Design: Rafael Vinoly Architects
Walkie Talkie skyscraper : 36 storeys,192m high
Heron Tower – 110 Bishopsgate
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates – KPF Architects
Heron Tower : 46 storeys
122 Leadenhall Street
2006-
Richard Rogers Partnership ; now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Proposed London skyscraper : due to be tallest building in City of London
The Cheesegrater: 48 storeys, 225m high
Lloyds Building
Richard Rogers Partnership
Lloyds Building
London Wall Buildings
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London Wall Buildings
Millbank Tower
Ronald Ward and Partners
Millbank Tower
Minerva Building, St Botolph St, Aldgate, City of London
Grimshaw Associates
217m high, 43 storeys
Minerva tower abandoned Sep 2006 despite planning permission
Area: 1 million sq ft; Developer: Minerva
St Botolph’s House tower proposed to ‘replace’ Minerva building
Ontario Tower, New Providence Wharf
SOM Architects
Residential tower
Pan Peninsula, Millwall Inner Dock, Tower Hamlets, east London
Squire & Partners
Building height: 40 / 48 storeys
Pan Peninsula aka 1 Millharbour
Skidmore Owings Merill
London towers : 48 storeys
The Shard aka London Bridge Tower
construction started 2010
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) with Ove Arup & Partners
London Bridge Tower : 66 storeys, 1016 ft tall
The Pinnacle – aka Helter Skelter
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The Pinnacle : 60 storeys
Ropemaker Place
Gensler Architects
25 Ropemaker for Helical Bar
St Helen’s Building (former Aviva Tower)
1969
GMW Architects
St Helen’s Building
Stock Exchange Building
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Stock Exchange Building
Stratford Eye Tower, Stratford, east London
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Stratford Eye Tower
Swiss Re Building – 30 St Mary’s Axe, City of London
Foster + Partners
Swiss Re Building
‘Three Sisters’ Skyscrapers
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Allies & Morrison Architects
Three Sisters Skyscrapers
Tower 42 – formerly Nat West Tower, City of London
1980
Architect: Richard Seifert
Tower 42 – former Nat West Tower
Building height: 183m high, 47 floors
The tallest building in London until 1 Canada Square in 1990
Trellick Tower, 5 Golborne Rd, W10
1972
Erno Goldfinger, rest. John McAslan + Partners
Building height: 31 storeys
Trinity EC3 tower
2007-
Design: Foreign Office Architects
for Beetham, being revised due to new heritage protected view
Vauxhall Tower, central London
2007-
Design: Broadway Malyan
Building height: 50 storeys
Walbrook tower : ’The Cloud’ – Walbrook Square, City of London
2006-
Foster & Partners / Jean Nouvel Architects
Walbrook Square for Legal & General – planning permission gained Jul 2007
Wellesley Square tower, West Croydon
2007-
Rolfe Judd Architecture
for Berkeley Homes: 43 storeys; planning submission Mar 2007
Willis Building
Foster + Partners
Willis Building
London Skyscrapers – main page with images
London Tall Building Project unrealised
Mansion House, City of London
1988-
for Peter Palumbo – Mies van der Rohe tower design
London skyscraper : photograph © Adrian Welch, 2007
Location: London, England, UK
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