I know everyone knows that the UK is booming in terms of devolpment but I have seen other threads on this site for countries showing their constructions and proposals and it got me thinking how many projects the UK must have under construction. It must be about 250. If we could post all the pictures the thread would be about 20 pages long.

"..how many projects the UK must have under construction."

define projects... if we're talking about every single construction site then we're talking hundreds of thousands!

I'd say we've got perhaps 150 highrises under construction, at a stretch.

I'd say we've got perhaps 150 highrises under construction, at a stretch.



What do you consider to be highrises?

These are the tallest buildings currently u/c in the UK, listed in order of pinnacle height:

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?13764314

This doesn't include the PanPeninsula Tower (150m pinnacle), which is still undergoing site preparation.

What do you consider to be highrises?

35m or more.

These are the tallest buildings currently u/c in the UK, listed in order of pinnacle height:

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?13764314

This doesn't include the PanPeninsula Tower (150m pinnacle), which is still undergoing site preparation.
I wouldn't count the O2 as being under construction. It's like me counting Sunley in Manc just because it's getting a complete refurb. At the end of the day the building is complete, they're just changing it on the inside. As for Pan Peninsula, well site prep is ongoing at Eastgate and Crown in Manchester, so if you can include Pan Peninsula then we can include those. :)

These are the tallest buildings currently u/c in the UK, listed in order of pinnacle height:

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?13764314

This doesn't include the PanPeninsula Tower (150m pinnacle), which is still undergoing site preparation.


There are many buildings in London underconstruction that would get on that list. For instance the Office development in Wood St (can't think of the name)that's about 15 floors, the Emirates Stadium, Housing elements of the Emirates Stadium, Bankside 1 and many many more. There is row of apartment blocks going up next to the A40 at North Acton that no-one has ever mentioned on this site and they are around 18 floors.

Do you have any renders of the north acton apartment towers? Or construction pics?

124 u/c over 35m, not 60 like ssp says, thats excluding the housing bits of emirates stadium i have pics for but havent added. mind you, only 3 are tall enough. cabman,the north acton stuff is on my site too. we have EVERYTHING :) almost

Total Number of highrises U/C in the uk, cities

London - 35
Manchester - 31
Glasgow - 23
Leeds - 9
Liverpool - 6
Cardiff - 5
Birmingham - 4 (seems abit too low)
Dublin - 3
Edinburgh - 2
Sheffeild - 2

Portsmouth, Bury St Edmunds, Nottingham, Sunderland, Southampton - all have 1

= 124 :)

Manchester might topple london soon

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/bdbsearch.php?adv=advs&ad=&co=&cou=&regions=All&countries=All&stat=Under+Construction&type=All&cd=&hstatus=All&rh=&sh=&bh=&fl=&lc=&cc=&lsv=&arc=&dev=&ocon=&Submit=Search

I think this picture signifies the boom in Manc, if not, the UK!

http://www.magix-photos.com/mediapool2/84/29/07/80/3A/5A/11/DA/A7/B7/E6/71/54/2D/D3/F5/10/AF0E84103A5B11DAA2713570542DD3F5.jpg

/\ CJC looks well over 80m in that pic, seen as the three leftbank buildings are 60m each.

I think this picture signifies the boom in Manc, if not, the UK!

http://www.magix-photos.com/mediapool2/84/29/07/80/3A/5A/11/DA/A7/B7/E6/71/54/2D/D3/F5/10/AF0E84103A5B11DAA2713570542DD3F5.jpg
What a stunning pic... the city is being transformed.

oops, i forgot bury cathedral was opened back in july, its now complete! it shouldnt be listed as u.c.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/3043StEdmundsburyCathedral_pic2.jpg

wow.


They still build them like that :eek:


I was looking at a church the other day, and I thought...they don't build them like this anymore.

yeah, you can read about it here. that said, i dont like it much.
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=366

no it looks a bit too manufactured, like they've tried to hard. But I guess, it needs a few hundred years before we can really compare.

STUNNING, pic of Manchester btw

Impressive picture of Manchester - does it really have 31 tall buildings? Does this include blocks of flats so typical of the Glaswegian cityscape?

Impressive picture of Manchester - does it really have 31 tall buildings? Does this include blocks of flats so typical of the Glaswegian cityscape?
That's 31 under construction.

It's incredible that a northern city is only 4 behind London and having the tallest u/c too.

to be fair on london, its so big we keep finding mid rises u/c there all the time. i have three more to add tonight. there's a huge amount of 10/12 floor buldings u/c we dont know exist.

Birmingham - 4 (seems abit too low)



well most of the buildings going up are low or mid rise but yeah I think that is too low.Jupiter phase 3 seems a bit taller tha West2 for a start.

well rigadon, im shocked it is 4 too. what can you think of u/c over 12 floors?

On the way into Waterloo I noticed off towards the Thames (this was on the SouthWest Train strech between Wimbledon and Battersea), what looked like a bulky + tall tower, maybe 20-30 storeys up and looked like the core was still rising. There are also quite a few other towers going up along that stretch of the Thames also, some quite high.

I'm guessing it's this, Nick
http://www.falconwharf.co.uk
http://www.falconwharf.co.uk/images/launch_cgi.jpg

to be fair on london, its so big we keep finding mid rises u/c there all the time. i have three more to add tonight. there's a huge amount of 10/12 floor buldings u/c we dont know exist.

That was my point.

well if you spot any on your travels let us know :)

Give me a height or floor count and I will.

anything over about 10 floors is cool :)

Ok I'll note locations and builder etc. and you can fill in the rest from there.

cheers, yeah all i need is the location/name. i can find out the rest of the info myself from planning applications and so on. should be interesting to see how many we come up with. we already have 100 more than emporis for london alone.

Hmmm I swear the building had more floors than that tiny thing!

Total Number of highrises U/C in the uk, cities

London - 35
Manchester - 31
Glasgow - 23
Leeds - 9
Liverpool - 6
Cardiff - 5
Birmingham - 4 (seems abit too low)
Dublin - 3
Edinburgh - 2
Sheffeild - 2

Portsmouth, Bury St Edmunds, Nottingham, Sunderland, Southampton - all have 1

= 124 :)

Manchester might topple london soon

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/bdbsearch.php?adv=advs&ad=&co=&cou=&regions=All&countries=All&stat=Under+Construction&type=All&cd=&hstatus=All&rh=&sh=&bh=&fl=&lc=&cc=&lsv=&arc=&dev=&ocon=&Submit=Search

:dunno: where's the nottingham one????

nottingham = 3

how many floors is the tallest notts U/C gothic? I heard (think it was from you actually) that they are having their 2nd tallest U/C now.

21 floors. horrible thing next to the railway station, literally.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2292

So much for a sleek and slender tower then :( Way too bulky.

flip thats terrible! Hope the rush to show which regional city is developing fastest doesnt mean we`ll just get swamped in terracotta commie blocks. reminds me of those huge monster office blocks they used to build to house local councils not long ago... the one in Winchester springs to mind.

Waterfront Plaza?! Most of the bulk is hidden from the river... what a shameless scam

The tallest part of Waterfront Plaza is a Jurys Inn hotel which is now completed and is about 14 floors not 21?

http://tinypic.com/fooh1g.jpghttp://tinypic.com/fooh2g.jpg
http://tinypic.com/fooh3t.jpghttp://tinypic.com/fooh78.jpg

er dude... if thats the case how come my photographs and caws both show a 21 floor building. having seen it with my own eyes numerous times it is indeed 21 floors. lol. the project is two buildings, the 14 floor hotel and the 21 floor residential.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2292WaterfrontPlaza_pic2.jpg

@Accura

Shit, for a minute there I thought the long-lost forumer GB had returned...


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/image.php?u=7154&dateline=1132056078

No. But I've adopted his cat ;)

21 floors. horrible thing next to the railway station, literally.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2292

oh that.....that is never the 2nd tallest!

well rigadon, im shocked it is 4 too. what can you think of u/c over 12 floors?

is it over 12 floors or over 35m?. The Jupiter phase 3 buildigns has a very large top floor but has less than 12 floors i think.

The hotel being built at fort Dunlop may be more than 12 floors i dont know.

either or rigadon. remember some buildings under 12 floors are way over 35m.
fanny rash, why wouldnt it be the second tallest, it has the same number of floors as the second tallest and is newer.

Gothic, I don't know the last time you saw Waterside Plaza, but the pictures you are referring to when it was under construction are of the Jurys Inn hotel (14 floors). You must be be counting the levels of scaffolding to get 21.

From this Pic
http://tinypic.com/fte9m1.jpg

The building on the left is the hotel - 14 floors
The one at the top is offices - about 10 floors
The ones on the right are residential - 6-8 floors

i counted 14 floors on the offices... 1 ground plus 13 above it. you can count it in the render too. now... has the design changed since they released that render above? if the buildings are no longer that height it must have. grrr.

Have just had a look on its website

http://www.waterfrontplaza.co.uk/

The office building is only 9 storeys though it looks much taller than the apartments at the side of it. I think its down to floor heights in offices being higher than residential ones.

skid... count the windows in the image. you're probably right and we counted an old rendering and the design has since changed looking at those jurys inn pics, it used to be wayyy taller! i havent seen waterfront plaza since june.

That cathedral is incredible. I had no idea they still built em like that.

Honestly, how can anyone not like something built in the traditional gothic style? I know I'd sooner visit a real medieval church with real history... but give this one a few decades and it will start to look a little more original.

either or rigadon. remember some buildings under 12 floors are way over 35m.
fanny rash, why wouldnt it be the second tallest, it has the same number of floors as the second tallest and is newer.

thing is, having seen it in real life most days - it just isnt very tall. there are several tower blocks around the city that are taller.

is the scaffolding off it now?

^dont know! ill try and remember to have a look.

cheers. if so, count the floors, see what we finally have ended up with!