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London Skyscraper News:
Beetham Tower London:
Ian Simpson's proposed Beetham tower to be reduced in height after English
Heritage criticism: 52 storeys orig. 68 storeys

London skyscraper
: Planning approved 2007
Renzo Piano's tower 'still to go ahead' says Mayor despite financial jitters:
London Bridge Tower
- The Shard:

image by Hayes Davidson and John Mclean
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' proposed 43-storey Doon Street tower on
the South Bank to be subject of planning inquiry, communities secretary
Hazel Blears confirms
English Heritage & CABE concerned, but supported by MP Kate Hoey:

Doon Street tower
Latest images of London skyscrapers:
Building under construction at Broadgate, just north of Liverpool Station:
201 Bishopsgate

London skyscraper : photograph © adrian welch 2007
Pan Peninsula
2007-
Skidmore Owings Merill

London towers
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
City Road Tower

Tower 42 - former Nat
West Tower

Lloyds Building

City of London building

Swiss Re - 30 St Mary's
Axe, City of London

Centre Point Tower

Canary Wharf towers

Guide to London Tall buildings:
Key Proposed London Skyscraper:
London Bridge Tower - The Shard
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Renzo Piano, architect with Ove Arup & Partners
1016 ft tall
projected completion 2009
Proposed London Skyscrapers (alphabetical):
201 Bishopsgate, City of London
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SOM Architects
35-storey tower
Beetham tower - proposed, 1 Blackfriars Road, Southbank, southeast
London
2006-
Ian Simpson Architects
Planning approved Jul 2007 - 52 storeys orig. 68 storeys
DIFA Tower
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KPF Architects
also known as the 'Helter Skelter'
Eagle House, Old Street
2007-
Terry Farrell
27-storey tower
East Croydon towers
2007-
make
for Menta - 4 towers
Fenchurch Street Tower
2006-
Rafael Vinoly Architects
the 'Walkie Talkie' building
Fenchurch St, City of London

image from Rafael Viñoly Architects 220107
192m high
Developer: Land Securities
Walkie Talkie skyscraper
Heron Tower
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KPF Architects
122 Leadenhall Street
2006-10
Richard Rogers Partnership
Proposed London skyscraper
225m high
Due to be tallest building in City of London
Minerva Building, St Botolph St, Aldgate, City of London
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Grimshaw Associates
217m high
43 storeys
Minerva tower abandoned Sep 2006 despite planning permission
Area: 1 million sq ft
Developer: Minerva
Architects: Nick Grimshaw
St Botolphs House tower proposed to replace Minerva
building
Ontario Tower, New Providence Wharf
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SOM Architects
Residential tower
Pan Peninsula, Millwall Inner Dock, Tower Hamlets, east London
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Squire & Partners
40 / 48 storeys
Ropemaker Place
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Gensler Architects
for Helical Bar
'Three Sisters' Skyscrapers
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Allies & Morrison Architects
Tower 42 - formerly Nat West Tower
25 Old Broad Street, City of London, EC2
1971-80
Architect: Richard Seifert - R. Seifert & Partners
[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:
Stratford Eye Tower, Stratford, east London
19-storeys - residential
Wormwood St tower, corner with Bishopsgate, just north of Tower 42:

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
London Architecture

London skyscraper : photograph © adrian welch 2007
Contemporary
Architects
LONDON SKYSCRAPER HEIGHTS
The Stock Exchange
100m / 329 ft
Lloyds Building
84m / 276 ft
Commercial Union Building
133m / 437 ft
Former P&O Building, 122-138 Leadenhall St
54m / 177 ft
Tall buildings:
Hong Kong Skyscrapers
New York Skyscrapers
UK Tall Buildings
London skyscrapers photographs by Adrian Welch taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01
lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816x2112 pixels - original photos available
upon request:
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