Key Skyscrapers in London, England, UK
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London Skyscraper News, reverse chronological:
Doon Street tower
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Doon Street tower : 43 storeys - approved 2009
20 Fenchurch St
Rafael Vinoly Architects
image from Rafael Viñoly Architects
Walkie Talkie skyscraper : 36 storeys
Beetham Tower London
Ian Simpson Architects
London skyscraper : 51 storeys
20 Blackfriars Road
Wilkinson Eyre
20 Blackfriars Road : 43 storeys
The Pinnacle - aka Helter Skelter
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA
image : KPF and Cityscape
The Pinnacle : 60 storeys
The Shard
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
image : Hayes Davidson and John Mclean
London Bridge Tower : 66 storeys
Heron Tower - 110 Bishopsgate, London, UK
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA
photo © Nick Weall
Heron Tower : 46 storeys
122 Leadenhall Street aka The Cheesgrater
Architects: Richard Rogers Partnership; now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
image : Cityscape
The Cheesgrater : 48 storeys
Latest images of London Skyscrapers:
201 Bishopsgate
Skidmore Owings Merill
London skyscraper : photograph © adrian welch 2007
201 Bishopsgate : 63 storeys
Pan Peninsula aka 1 Millharbour
Skidmore Owings Merill
London towers : 48 storeys
Proposed London Skyscrapers nicknames include Cheese Grater, Shard of Glass, The Cloud, Walkie Talkie, Boomerang, Three Sisters & Helter Skelter
Recent London skyscraper titles include Erotic Gherkin
Key London Skyscrapers, alphabetical:
99 Bishopsgate Building
photo © Nick Weall
Canary Wharf towers
picture © adrian welch
Centre Point Tower
picture © adrian welch
City of London skyscraper : Willis Building
image © adrian welch
City Road Tower
Lloyds Building
photo © adrian welch
St Helen's Building (former Aviva Tower)
photo © Nick Weall
Stock Exchange Building
photo © Nick Weall
Swiss Re Building - 30 St Mary's Axe, City of London
photo © adrian welch
Tower 42 - former Nat West Tower
image © adrian welch
Guide to London Tall buildings:
Key Proposed London Skyscraper:
London Bridge Tower - The Shard
projected completion 2009
Renzo Piano, architect with Ove Arup & Partners
1016 ft tall
Proposed London Skyscrapers, alphabetical:
201 Bishopsgate, City of London
-
SOM Architects
35-storey tower
Beetham tower - proposed, 1 Blackfriars Road, Southbank, southeast London
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
52 storeys – orig. 68 storeys
DIFA Tower also known as the 'Helter Skelter'
-
KPF Architects
Eagle House, Old Street
2007-
Terry Farrell
27-storey tower
East Croydon towers
2007-
make
for Menta - 4 towers
Fenchurch Street Tower - 'Walkie Talkie' building, Fenchurch St, City of London
2006-
Rafael Vinoly Architects
image from Rafael Viñoly Architects 220107
192m high
Developer: Land Securities - link at top of page
Heron Tower
-
KPF Architects
122 Leadenhall Street
2006-10
Richard Rogers Partnership
Proposed London skyscraper : due to be tallest building in City of London
225m high
London Wall Buildings
photo © Nick Weall
Millbank Tower
photo © Nick Weall
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
40 / 48 storeys
Ropemaker Place
-
Gensler Architects
for Helical Bar
photo © Nick Weall
25 Ropemaker
St Helen's Building (former Aviva Tower)
1969
GMW Architects
photo © Nick Weall
St Helen's Building
Stratford Eye Tower, Stratford, east London
-
photo © Nick Weall
Stratford Eye Tower
'Three Sisters' Skyscrapers
-
Allies & Morrison Architects
Tower 42 - formerly Nat West Tower, City of London
1980
Architect: Richard Seifert
[Link: see 'Tower 42' further up page]
183m high, 47 floors
Tallest building in London until 1 Canada Square in 1990
London skyscraper architect : Richard Seifert
Trinity EC3 tower
2007-
Foreign Office Architects
for Beetham, being revised due to new heritage protected view
Vauxhall Tower, central London
2007-
Broadway Malyan
50 storeys
Walbrook tower : ’The Cloud’ – Walbrook Square, City of London
2006-
Foster & Partners / Jean Nouvel Architects
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
Completed London Skyscrapers:
Trellick Tower, 5 Golborne Rd, W10
1972
Erno Goldfinger, rest. John McAslan + Partners
31 storeys
London Tall Building Project unrealised:
Mansion House, City of London
1988-
for Peter Palumbo - Mies van der Rohe tower design
London Architects I London Architecture
London skyscraper : photograph © adrian welch 2007
LONDON SKYSCRAPER HEIGHTS
St Helen's Building (former Aviva Tower, Commercial Union Building) : 133m / 437 ft
The Stock Exchange :100m / 329 ft
Lloyds Building : 84m / 276 ft
Former P&O Building, 122-138 Leadenhall St : 54m / 177 ft
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London skyscrapers photographs by Adrian Welch taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01 lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816x2112 pixels - original photos available upon request: info@e-architect.co.uk
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