London
Building Developments
For the past several years London has seen an enormous amount of building
proposals, you can find out about the main ones here as it strives to
become a true skyscraper city with clusters all over the place. To find
out about one simply click the project on the map.
The Big Six
There's six big projects in London at the moment at various stages
of approval from being under construction to still being on the drawing
board, but all of these are putting the capital firmly on the international
skyscraper map with an enormous building spree.
1)
Swiss RE Tower - Norman Fosters
masterful design which is one of the most revolutionary buildings
in the world. This skyscraper brings futurism to the City
of London.
2) Heron Tower - A watershed
in planning for the City of London that if approved will open
the floodgates for a skyscraper spree.
3) Minerva - At 712ft tall
it's set to be the tallest building in the City of London
and to dominate the skyline.
4) Paddington Basin -
A run down area of Paddington earmarked for a massive rival
with two skyscrapers including a Rogers design as the centerpiece.
5) London Bridge Tower - With
numerous design changes developer Irvine Sellar plans the
largest tower in Europe in Southwark at over 1000feet.
6) Canary Wharf - The world's
largest commercial project, a piece of east coast America
that's rapidly becoming London's premiere area for high-rise
development.
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Thats not all, there's
also a huge range of other projects not featured in that overview above
that you can find on our development map by clicking here.
To find out about more projects click below for a range of past, present
and future.
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