Seems like every week there's a new skyscraper announced for London :lol: Well, here's the latest. If this officially goes ahead, it will be the 30th proposal over 500ft in the last few years.


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43-storey Allies & Morrison tower neighbour for SwissRe

Architect Allies and Morrison is planning a £200m development including a tower that could go next to Foster and Partners' Swiss Re building in the City of London.

The architect has worked with consultant Gardiner & Theobald to draw up plans for a 43-storey tower on a site that includes 61 St Mary Axe. Foster's 41-storey tower is located at 30 St Mary Axe.

The developer, Great Portland Estates, has combined a number of its land holdings in the City to produce a two-acre site on which it aims to create an office and retail development.

As well as 61 St Mary Axe, Great Portland also has holdings on nearby sites at Bishopsgate and Camomile Street.

Robert Noel, property director for Great Portland Estates, said the firm had yet to decide on the form that the development would take.

He said: "We are in the early stages of masterplanning. At the moment it is unclear how tall or short or wide we'll go. We're considering options, one of which is a tall building."

Noel added that the decision on whether to develop a tall building would depend on commercial considerations.

Sources close to the scheme believe that the site can easily accommodate a tall building.

The site is ringed by several large schemes planned for the City that are currently on hold. However, one source close to the scheme said he remained confident that the project would move forward despite the slow progress of comparable city tower designs such as the Minerva Tower and the Heron Tower.

He said: "It's an issue of commercial sense and where the demand for this is coming from. But if I were a betting man, I'd say it was very likely to happen."

Great Portland Estates is understood to be deciding on its options in the next couple of months. It intends to submit a planning application in late summer.


http://i1.tinypic.com/s4cap4.jpg

Great news, i can't wait to see the start of a massive construction boom.

Do you have a list of all planned projects in London? Thanks.

Do you have a list of all planned projects in London? Thanks.


Green = Completed
Blue = Proposed/Approved
Red = Under Construction


London Bridge Tower ("Shard London Bridge") - 310m
Bishopsgate Tower - 288m
Minerva - 247m
Heron Tower - 242m
Columbus Tower - 237m
London- 1 Canada Square- 235m
London - 122 Leadenhall- 225m
Beetham Tower- 219m
North Quay 1 - 216m
Riverside South 1- 214m
Heron Quays West 1 - 214m
North Quay 3 - 203m
8 Canada Square (HSBC Global Headquarters)- 200m
25 Canada Square (Citigroup Centre) - 200m
20 Fenchurch Street - 192m
Allies & Morrison Tower - 190m (approx. height)
Riverside South 2 - 189m
BT Tower - 188m
Tower 42 (NatWest Tower) - 183m
St George's Wharf - 181m
Suffolk House - 180m
Vauxhall Bondway Tower - 180m
SwissRe ("The Gherkin") - 180m
Wilkinson Eyre Tower- 176m
Vauxhall Cross Island Tower - 170m
Stratford City Tower - 170m
Doon Street Tower - 168m
Bevis Marks Tower - 168m
Greenwich View Place - 165m
Broadgate Tower - 164m
1 Milharbour Scheme A - 160m
Grand Union Building - 158m (inc. spire)
Barclays Bank HQ - 156m
Heron Quays West 2 - 156m
25 Bank Street- 153m
40 Bank Street - 153m
10 Upper Bank Street - 151m
Pan Peninsula Tower - 147m
Multiplex Tower - 147m
Crossharbour Tower - 136m
51 Lime Street (Willis Building) - 125m


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers2/london2012/25.jpg

any renders of this new building???

The location is good.Let's wait for the renders now :)

Yep, I hope it complements its two very different neighbours.

Cool. Nice to see more City skyscrapers. It's definitely going to go through some redevelopment, with some lower rise buildings being vacated.

London is still dynamic.

cool but with all the proposal they should start building at least one one day;)

cool project :)

Curious about this one since it's so close 30 St Mary Axe. It had better be good :)

It’s very a pity that the majority of the buildings is only in a stage of consideration instead of under construction

It’s very a pity that the majority of the buildings is only in a stage of consideration instead of under construction
cool but with all the proposal they should start building at least one one day;)
Things will really kick off in London next year with London Bridge Tower (310m), Heron Tower (242m), Beetham Tower (220m), 20 Fenchurch Street (190m), St George's Wharf (181m) and around a dozen midrises all virtually 100% guaranteed to start construction.

This will be in addition to Broadgate Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=285772) (164m) and the 50-storey Pan Peninsula Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=310428) which already started work recently.

good news :)

Great news

Things will really kick off in London next year with London Bridge Tower (310m), Heron Tower (242m), Beetham Tower (220m), 20 Fenchurch Street (190m), St George's Wharf (181m) and around a dozen midrises all virtually 100% guaranteed to start construction.

This will be in addition to Broadgate Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=285772) (164m) and the 50-storey Pan Peninsula Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=310428) which already started work recently.
Did you miss out Leadenhall on purpose?? I was under the stromg impression that that is scheduled for a 2007 construction date as well!

:cheers:

Did you miss out Leadenhall on purpose?? I was under the stromg impression that that is scheduled for a 2007 construction date as well!

:cheers:

The current tennants leases run out by 2008- although it is possible they may leave earlier. But 122 LH is next on British Lands(devlopers) list in there development pipeline after 51 lime st (UC for about a year now),broadgate tower (UC since Dec05), 122 LH, then ropemaker place.

Why doesn't London go tall? I know they're starting to but 200 and 300 meter tall skyscrapers are really just a drop in the bucket when one looks at it from a global point of view. Certainly, for Europe, it will be impressive but why not build 400+ meter tall buildings in the best city on the planet? Are there any plans in the works? There needs to be.

There needs to be.

No there doesn't.

London can't have any taller building than 307m because of CAA rules regarding take off and landing at Heathrow.

And anyway height isn't the issue when it comes to London skyscrapers - quality is.

No there doesn't.

London can't have any taller building than 307m because of CAA rules regarding take off and landing at Heathrow.

And anyway height isn't the issue when it comes to London skyscrapers - quality is.

|I was under the impression that was just the city and canary wharf that had low height limits. I thought you could build taller in places like near the shard. That is 310m. I think it was WJ said the best place in London for a 400m+ was across the river from the main cluster near LBT.

And anyway height isn't the issue when it comes to London skyscrapers - quality is.
Yeah, exactly...

It's not the size, it's how you use it! :sly:

It's been confirmed today that this will be 40 storeys, and a planning application will be submitted in the next couple of months.

The green block shows the height and location of this proposed tower -



http://i4.tinypic.com/10qz5o6.jpg


http://i4.tinypic.com/10qz66x.jpg

Official renderings should be available in a few days.

This has now been officially submitted as a 40-storey tower. The project is to be called 100 Bishopsgate and will feature a huge library, apparently. There's a rendering in Estates Gazette, but I'm not subscribed to it.

What a shame.

Waiting for the renders :)

^^ Soon. Very soon. :)

In the mean time, here's another of my own -

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/london2012/29.jpg

Nice cladding! ;)

So any idea what the rendering is going to look like?

Well, the site footprint is L-shaped, and the tower will be slightly "twisted"... that's about all I know.

The 1st official render -

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/713NewLondonSkyscraperFor100Bishopsgate_pic1.jpg

Looks great.

The 1st official render -

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/713NewLondonSkyscraperFor100Bishopsgate_pic1.jpg

Hmmm.... I take it its the one in the middle and that's Heron on the right?

Bit hard to tell from the render, but it looks a bit like Minerva would have done from some angles... Not a bad thing, as long as the cladding's top notch.

Judgement reserved for now!

I've enlarged it -

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/1-2.jpg


SkyscraperNews.com (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/) lists the height as 165m, but it looks much taller in my opinion! (bearing in mind that Heron Tower, on the right, is over 200m).

I'll wait for better pictures to judge it,but it doesn't seem it will add too much to the city...

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6997/alliedmsf4.jpg

that gives a better idea of the scale....will b quite dense in that area if it gets built?????? ps watched ur london vids on you tube....excllent as with all the other stuff u do on here matey...keep up the good work

^^ Thanks. :)

Here's another render that's surfaced -

http://www.ajplus.co.uk/Images/Articles/120906_BISHOPSGATE2_T_L.jpg

Published 12 September 2006 at 11:47
New addition planned for City of London skyscraper cluster – images

http://www.ajplus.co.uk/Images/Articles/120906_BISHOPSGATE_MAIN.jpg

Allies and Morrison has released these first images of its new skyscraper scheme at 100 Bishopsgate in the City of London.

The showpiece of the 120,000m2 development, which has just been submitted for planning, will be a 40-storey, 165-tall office tower (centre).

Backed by developing giant Great Portland Estates (GPE), there are also plans for two seven-storey buildings on the site, which stretches between Bishopsgate, Camomile Street, St Mary Axe and St Helen’s Place.

As well as creating 73,000m2 of office space, the development will include a replacement for the Leatherseller’s Company Livery Hall, a public library, shops and a new plaza.

The scheme is in the heart of the City’s emerging tall buildings cluster and will sit to the south of the long-awaited 202m-high Heron Tower (right).

The new Allies and Morrison skyscraper will have double-decker lifts that will take people up to the sky lobby on the 15th and 16th floors, where they can transfer to lifts serving the rest of the tower.

According to a design statement, the skyscraper ‘adopts the parallelogram geometry of the site’ becoming rectilinear in shape towards the top, ‘creating the impression of a twist in the form’.

Partner Graham Morrison, said: ‘Working closely with the City planners and a responsive client has been a rewarding process.

‘In the design of a new tower forming part of the City cluster, it has been possible to reconcile the potentially contradictory disciplines of rational floor plates and strong site geometry. The three buildings, which form the development, are separated by a significant new public space, creating a larger and more active public realm.’

Work is not expected to start on site until the current leases expire in 2011.

by Richard Waite

http://www.ajplus.co.uk/Images/Articles/120906_BISHOPSGATE2_T_L.jpg

So does it mean that the construction wont start until 2011.

judging by the pics it's nothing special - but it's hard to say anything yet. and gee, until 2011 it's still a very long time...it will probably disappear again until then.

There's time ... and there's London time.

hm seems like a simple & pretty boring building, thats at least for now by looking at these renderings.

^ To be honest I'm glad it's like that. London desperately needs some "boring" looking skyscrapers. We have so many crazy and wacky designs being proposed... it would be nice to have some normality.

Exactly, something that isn't screaming, but fills out the skyline, certainly isn't "ugly" and all that. It will bulk up the City and make it look more important, which is good. As long as it doesn't end up like another Canary Wharf, I'll be happy.

just in time for the London Olympics!

not quite. construction could start 2011 - the earliest date of completion would be 2013 or later...

the critical thing for this building will be the cladding, its very much a box and i think it will only look good if the facade is right, bright shiny glass hopefully

a agree that london needs some more plain even boxy buildings. i like this one.

^^^ ill get my tupens worth in as well, i also agree that by those renderings it looks simply but also nice. i think it will build nicely on the cluster, pitty its not till 2011 tho. but there are plenty of other projects started or going to be started anyway so plenty to keep us occupied. and yet again wjfox great work yet again!!!

So what will make this then is the quality of the materials used.

nothing exciting looking about it. Nice density the City will become tho.

More renderings here.

Many thanks to Jimbo for posting these -



http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9032/img1055lk7.jpg

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9959/img1053uu9.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9643/img1052hr2.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6310/img1051tq0.jpg



And I'll repeat what I said in the UK forum -

This is EXACTLY the kind of skyscraper the City needs... something fairly normal and fairly simple, which isn't too "iconic" or attention seeking, and yet still manages to look reasonably good quality in terms of design, materials, facade, etc.

^^^ i completely agree, and to be honest maybe a few more, canary wharf style just to bulk it out more, thats why its annoying the minerva is being redesigned, it had a similar effect. nice one again with those renders!!

Looks very nice, so when will the construction start?

http://i9.tinypic.com/2ch6p01.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/2na4ti9.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/2rxk93s.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/2dipz10.jpg

I dont have words to describe.

Here's yet another rendering. It's just to the left of Tower 42 -


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/100bishopsgate/5.jpg




^ Mega-density :)

That is Very dense! The holes are really filling in now!

To think, enabling works have already begun for Heron, and Leadenhall is set to have the current building demolished in just over 3 moths!!! Then we have piling works under way for Bishopsgate, and just across the river one of the most beautiful skyscrapers of the 21st century has everything in place and is ready to go... This amazing future London could really be a reality! Seriously it looks like some sort of mega-city out of a science fiction film!

Photo of a model, posted by DarJoLe

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3459/902252912568395/1600/z/202289/image-upload-6-723615.jpg

What is currently on the site? Any photos?

Impressive! Is there a difference between offices on Canary Warf and downtown? It seems like downtown gets al the spectacular projects and Canary Warf gets the left-overs. Is office space in downtown more expensive?

What is currently on the site? Any photos?

The dark brown building on the left -


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/1/23.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/london/1/21.jpg

Is it all office? Then London should build more residentials in te city...

^^There's a certain thing called supply and demand. Developers are only building offices because there's demand for offices. If there was demand for residential, then they'd build residential.

That's the first rule of business!

@ Erebus
It would be a sad world if things were led by the rule of supply/demand. There's also something called city planning - mixing offices with residential buildings is usually a better idea than building just office towers.

^^^ There is also something called political will and artificial restrictions by a select few who are in power and who dont necessarily govern strictly by 'supply and demand'.

There is a huge demand for residential high-rises - and that's why there are loads going up all over London (Ontario, Pan Peninsula, Tabard Square). They are on a smaller scale than the big office towers and are located all over except in the heart of the 'city of london' which is the financial district.

Traditonally, the financial district did not want to have the responsibility of providing for residents (and the services they need - schools, etc), but this does seem to be changing.

Thanks for that, let's hope it'll change soon! Mixed areas are the way to go.

I think the corporation (the 'City' of London) realises the importance of mixed areas now - especially in the need to compete with Canary Wharf, (who is building residential schemes and has plenty of retail). The 'City' realises that good business comes with a alifestyle, which means people want to cut our commute times and live as close as possible to where they work - that's why the 'city' has been promoting major commercial retail schemes (one behind St Pauls) and residentials (one planned near CityPoint, Moorgate, Barbican).

This Allies and Morrison tower actually looks pretty fascinating. It seems they have divided their design purpose - focusing on the one hand on providing a classic box for the skyline, yet on the other hand focusing on quite in an interesting dynamic ground level experience.

Definitely a welcome addition.

The Corporation of London does not encourage residential development in the city preferring instead for it to be build in the surrounding areas as right of light issues for one could really hamper office development in the city of London.

Impressive! Is there a difference between offices on Canary Warf and downtown? It seems like downtown gets al the spectacular projects and Canary Warf gets the left-overs. Is office space in downtown more expensive?

Canary Wharf builds towers to order for clients and cram in as much floorspace as possible, hence they're all unimaginative boxes. This is helped by the sites being 'brownfield' and therefore more of a blank canvas, plus there are no protected sightlines to be sensitive about.

Towers in the City are usually built on small, irregular shaped plots and interact with a host of protected views, so are generally expected to have far more architectural merit. The rents are much higher than CW too.

^^There's a certain thing called supply and demand. Developers are only building offices because there's demand for offices. If there was demand for residential, then they'd build residential.

That's the first rule of business!


try to learn me something?

I don't believe that there is no demand for residetials in the city of London.

There's also something called city planning.

This is a term unheard of in London. :lol:

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(I'm an idiot)

This thread is for 100 Bishopsgate.

Canary Wharf builds towers to order for clients and cram in as much floorspace as possible, hence they're all unimaginative boxes. This is helped by the sites being 'brownfield' and therefore more of a blank canvas, plus there are no protected sightlines to be sensitive about.

Towers in the City are usually built on small, irregular shaped plots and interact with a host of protected views, so are generally expected to have far more architectural merit. The rents are much higher than CW too.That makes sence. I haven't thought about it in that way. Thanks for the info :)

Here's yet another rendering. It's just to the left of Tower 42 -


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/100bishopsgate/5.jpg




^ Mega-density :)



INSANE, paris cant win this :cheers: :nuts:

judging by the pics it's nothing special - but it's hard to say anything yet. and gee, until 2011 it's still a very long time...it will probably disappear again until then.It's only 4 years away. On average, from initial announcements to digging foundations, it can take on average up to 3-5 years easily. So many negotiations that we would never know about between all parties concerned including the architects, the developers, interior designers, contractors and council take quite a while to refine.



Here's another render that's surfaced -

http://www.ajplus.co.uk/Images/Articles/120906_BISHOPSGATE2_T_L.jpg^^ Wow, that design looks really monumental. Nice!

INSANE, paris cant win this :cheers: :nuts:

Agree completly!
:cheers:

This is hardly a neighbour for the Gherkin, lol. It's next door to Heron Tower, and looks a few hundred metres of so from the gherkin on those renders.

Surely it was this (awful) building that was intended to neighbour the gherkin?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/gherkin007/shhnew.jpg

Agree completly!
:cheers:


I said it in another thread but London looks to be the only city in the Western world that can compare with new emerging cities (Dubai, Shanghai)
in terms of innovative skyscraper architecture.

Isn't it great London waited out on building skyscrapers, for the most part, until more innovative designs were developed.

I don't see projects of this quality being proposed
in traditional skyscraper cities (Chicago and NYC)

^^ That is no surprise. England has been innovative in film, fashion, music, painting and yeah, architecture. It's not unusual for other countries to contract your leading architects as a result.

*sings* "En-ga-land swings like a pendulum do" :banana:

I said it in another thread but London looks to be the only city in the Western world that can compare with new emerging cities (Dubai, Shanghai)
in terms of innovative skyscraper architecture.

Isn't it great London waited out on building skyscrapers, for the most part, until more innovative designs were developed.

I don't see projects of this quality being proposed
in traditional skyscraper cities (Chicago and NYC)

You must be kidding. NY has scores of projects in planning or US by Gehry, Piano, Foster, Rogers, Nouvel, etc.

Also, I disagree with your comment about the merit of London's waiting to build skyscrapers. NY's skyline will always be the best because these structures, all of which still stand and are a fraction of similar buildings in the city, simply can't be replicated:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5015/nyc127ks6.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/stregsr2.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP017-100.jpg
http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/668.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/insurance.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/radiator.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/metlife/metlife.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/PICT0001.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC30-mun3.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP020-B01.jpg
http://www.newyorkarchitecture.info/NYAI/Images/Buildings/Sherry-Netherland-002.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/mid017zc.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UWS/031-b20.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/076-_90_w_st.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/mid032-waldorfastoria.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/40_WALL_ST_3.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM-eqitable.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM054-A02.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/021c.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP019-MetropolitanLife.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/Pict0586.jpg

http://www.fredmurphy.com/photos/nycscapes/images/Lower%20Manhattan.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM008-andrewgoldberg.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/058D.jpg

I don't see projects of this quality being proposed
in traditional skyscraper cities (Chicago and NYC)

I think the highlighted part sums it up pretty well. Those (and other) cities have had large skyscrapers for a while and have hundreds of projects to contend with, so obviously quality will be diluted. On the other hand, projects in a nontraditional highrise city like London are going to go under stricter scrutiny by the government and other agencies like UNESCO and thus they'll usually be of higher quality.

As for starchitects, I don't particularly care for most of them and think they're often overused in some cities.

Posting 20 pics from NYC in a thread about a single London skyscraper is a bit silly and not very informative for the topic. We got your point and we DO actually all love NYC for its scrapers, but let's discuss what's intended now.

Also, posting "Paris can't win this" is to ASK for trouble. Good to see that the french are too proud not to be bothered this time though!

You must be kidding. NY has scores of projects in planning or US by Gehry, Piano, Foster, Rogers, Nouvel, etc.

Also, I disagree with your comment about the merit of London's waiting to build skyscrapers. NY's skyline will always be the best because these structures, all of which still stand and are a fraction of similar buildings in the city, simply can't be replicated...

Blah blah blah

Can a Moderator for this section please delete this post which is tantamount to spam?

This is NOT London v New York, the next person who makes a post along these lines will be brigged for 3 days by me :)

You must be kidding. NY has scores of projects in planning or US by Gehry, Piano, Foster, Rogers, Nouvel, etc.

Also, I disagree with your comment about the merit of London's waiting to build skyscrapers. NY's skyline will always be the best because these structures, all of which still stand and are a fraction of similar buildings in the city, simply can't be replicated:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5015/nyc127ks6.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/stregsr2.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP017-100.jpg
http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/668.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/insurance.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/radiator.jpg
http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/buildings/metlife/metlife.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/PICT0001.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC30-mun3.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP020-B01.jpg
http://www.newyorkarchitecture.info/NYAI/Images/Buildings/Sherry-Netherland-002.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/mid017zc.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UWS/031-b20.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/076-_90_w_st.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/mid032-waldorfastoria.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/40_WALL_ST_3.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM-eqitable.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM054-A02.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/021c.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP019-MetropolitanLife.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/Pict0586.jpg

http://www.fredmurphy.com/photos/nycscapes/images/Lower%20Manhattan.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM008-andrewgoldberg.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/058D.jpg

Ummm......the comment about London waiting to build skyscrapers was more looking at some of the highrises that were going up in London in the 60s-80s and what a skyline would look like if dominated by those. Nothing to do with NYC's or Chicago's buildings. These cities def have very nice buildings.

Oh yeah, back to the topic

NY... is NY!!!!!! Not rivalry!

IMO the tower its a bit simple, but it's necessary, cuz London is getting lots of awesome and weird desinged towers, and always a bit of simplicity it's welcome!

Ummm......the comment about London waiting to build skyscrapers was more looking at some of the highrises that were going up in London in the 60s-80s and what a skyline would look like if dominated by those. Nothing to do with NYC's or Chicago's buildings. These cities def have very nice buildings.

Oh yeah, back to the topic

Was it really necessary to quote hos entire post including photos?

:bash:

NOW LET'S REMAIN ON TOPIC!!!

Nice building. Good proportions. Its getting a bit too dense in the centre, especially for a city with an irreguler medieval city plan. When are they going to build all those propossed buildings. Some have been in the waiting for 5-6 years. They all have really good designs.

Nice building. Good proportions. Its getting a bit too dense in the centre, especially for a city with an irreguler medieval city plan. When are they going to build all those propossed buildings. Some have been in the waiting for 5-6 years. They all have really good designs.


Heron Tower and the Shard have been talked about since the 1990s. :ohno:

BUT 2008 is the big year for London skyscraper construction. The 225m leadenhall Building, 202m (242m spire) Heron Tower and 288m Pinnacle are the big 3 in the city that are due to begin official construction... and in late 2008 we will also see the 306m Shard being built the other side of the River Thames. :)

Evening rendering

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/6.jpg




And a model viewed from the south-east

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/9.jpg

Evening rendering

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/6.jpg




And a model viewed from the south-east

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/9.jpg


I don't like it or the Heron. They're boxes with a few extra angles and should be built in Canary Wharf where the box reigns supreme. Swiss Re, 122 Leadenhall, the Bishopsgate Tower and the Willis Building are very nice. Heron and this structure will detract from them.

Well, I like Heron and 100 Bishopsgate for the precise reason you've just given - they will serve as a "balance" within the cluster. Without them, you'll have too many unique, eye-catching towers competing for attention. Some normality is needed. Heron is a sleek, elegant tower with plenty of height and a nice spire, nothing offensive about it. 100 Bishopsgate is also a nice "filler" tower, shorter than the rest, but still an acceptable design.

I don't like it or the Heron. They're boxes with a few extra angles and should be built in Canary Wharf where the box reigns supreme. Swiss Re, 122 Leadenhall, the Bishopsgate Tower and the Willis Building are very nice. Heron and this structure will detract from them.

I like 100 Bish and especially Heron for being boxes. The bring the City back down to earth with their conventional floorplates, i.e. they actually look like skyscrapers. It's nice to have different-looking towers shaped like cheesegraters and helterskelters, but we don't need every single towe in the City clawing to be a "landmark" tower with a crazy design. 100 Bish looks incomplete though...

Well, I like Heron and 100 Bishopsgate for the precise reason you've just given - they will serve as a "balance" within the cluster. Without them, you'll have too many unique, eye-catching towers competing for attention. Some normality is needed. Heron is a sleek, elegant tower with plenty of height and a nice spire, nothing offensive about it. 100 Bishopsgate is also a nice "filler" tower, shorter than the rest, but still an acceptable design.

I don't like them, but you raise good points, nonetheless.

Think it will depend on the quality of the buildings. I have a feeling Heron will look good in the flesh.... have to see what 100 Bish looks like... cheap cladding will make it date very quickly with that design.

I don't like it or the Heron. They're boxes with a few extra angles and should be built in Canary Wharf where the box reigns supreme. Swiss Re, 122 Leadenhall, the Bishopsgate Tower and the Willis Building are very nice. Heron and this structure will detract from them.

I'll have to agree with this fellow. The world has enough boxy skylines and Canary Wharf already provides that look for London. One reason why I like the City's proposed skyline and much of London's architecture is that it breaks away from that boxy form. It makes you look at it longer cause it's not what you usually expect.

I don't like the Heron Tower much but I have a feeling it will look much better in the flesh as someone else mentioned.

But this new neighbour for Swiss Re is very bland from the looks of it.

Well, I like Heron and 100 Bishopsgate for the precise reason you've just given - they will serve as a "balance" within the cluster. Without them, you'll have too many unique, eye-catching towers competing for attention. Some normality is needed. Heron is a sleek, elegant tower with plenty of height and a nice spire, nothing offensive about it. 100 Bishopsgate is also a nice "filler" tower, shorter than the rest, but still an acceptable design.

agree

I don't get people moaning about "boxy" skylines. I think any shape building can look horrible or great. Just because its a box doesn't mean it can't be nice on the eyes. I think Heron looks like it will have a lot of intricasies that will make it very interesting to look at.

So, she's a fat-bottomed girl! :)

That rendering is the first time the building's shape has made sense to me... I actually really like the way it twists as it flares out at the base, quite unusual without being too weird.

Planning permission has been granted.

The City of London will have 8 buildings over 150m. :) (9 if you include LBT nearby)

Another rendering

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/469995709_785f0a5f5e_b.jpg

That angle will NEVER be seen, as the taller Heron Tower will be in front of it.

No not from this angle. I think you will only see it from two sides.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/keithdaniel/buildings/2069100Bishopsgate_pic4.jpg

Briefly, as for the Heron I agree with whats been said. What's needed isn't another landmark tower, just a really good looking skyscraper. And I think it will be.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/keithdaniel/buildings/59HeronTower_pic5.jpg

From what I've read construction won't begin till 2012 which is a abit of a bummer.

Well I do hope that all these projects are completed by the olympics

This one wont be but the other skyscraper projects in the city will. This ones not due to start until 2012/2013.

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http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/keithdaniel/buildings/2069100Bishopsgate_pic4.jpg



i love this picture

I love the design!

The skyline of London is growing so fast:)

nice building

I used to like this building, but I don't any more.
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Now, I love it! :)

Is this getting built or what, or is it another "pie in the sky" proposal?

Is this getting built or what, or is it another "pie in the sky" proposal?

It probably will, but it is set to start in 2012-13.

Correct me if i'm wrong though :lol:

|I was under the impression that was just the city and canary wharf that had low height limits. I thought you could build taller in places like near the shard. That is 310m. I think it was WJ said the best place in London for a 400m+ was across the river from the main cluster near LBT.
Sorry dumping this old post. BUT. We got the excact same problem in the new Orestad district in Copenhagen 'cause of Copenhagen Airport. Only the limit is 85 meter. Do you guys have anything which proves 85 m and above isn't an issue?

looks more like wall street than london.

Not bad. I like it !

This tower together with Heron Tower and Bishopgate Tower, making a bit of a wall effect.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2069100Bishopsgate_pic4.jpg

Close up of the cladding.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/toml-1991/100bish.jpg

Right next to Heron Tower.

by gegloma01.

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^^ :drool:

Great Portland enters into City development joint venture

Propertyweek
11:35 | 31.03.10

By Deirdre Hipwell

Great Portland Estates has sold a 50% interest in its 100 Bishopsgate development in the City of London to Canada’s Brookfield Properties for £42.97m.

The partnership is a 50:50 joint venture between Great Portland and Brookfield and all income and expenditure will be shared equally. The acquisition price for Brookfield’s 50% stake implies a valuation for the whole of £85.95m, which equates to CB Richard Ellis’ 31 March 2010 valuation. The current rental income is £7.4m a year.

Brookfield will pay the £42.975m in cash on completion with the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes. The joint venture will hold all of Great Portland Estate’s Bishopsgate properties which form the 100 Bishopsgate development.

The 2-acre site has consent, achieved in May 2008, for a 40-storey building providing 770,000 sq ft of office space, retail and a public library. There will be a second building of 49,600 sq ft containing offices and a new Livery Hall for The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers.

The JV said it intended to prepare the scheme for a potential start date in 2011/12 subject to a variety of partner approvals. Brookfield will act as a development manager to the partnership and has also entered a pre-construction services agreement to act as the main contractor for the development. Great Portland Estates will continue to act as both property and asset manager.

http://www.propertyweek.com/pictures/458xAny/8/7/3/1679873_gpe_pic___100_Bishopsgate_CMYK.jpg

WOOOW! It looks amazing! LONDON IS BOOMING!

Demolition should she about to start.:cheers:

by The Champ.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/madmax123/IMG00019-20110420-1949.jpg

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A good filler, not really spectacular. :)

Pics above already confirmed this.

Demolition Starts On 100 Bishopsgate Site

Demolition has started to clear the site of the future skyscraper, 100 Bishopsgate, in the City of London.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4104/2845demolitionstartson1.jpg

Demolition specialists Keltbray are now on site and have started to demolish the existing buildings as part of the first step of preparation that will eventually allow construction of the 165 metre tall, Allies and Morrison designed building.

The project is being worked on as a joint venture by property companies Brookfield and Great Portland Estates. Despite the seemingly encouraging signs, construction might take a while to get underway. Great Portland Estates has already announced that they have no intention to build speculatively as the Heron Tower has been, and that they will await a pre-let before going ahead.

They have also been seeking to maximise their return from the development with a planning application to increase the total space on site from 75,715 square metres to 85,935 by modifying the planned lower rise parts of the project to increase the floorspace they can accommodate.

What this does mean that when the time comes, the developers will have a project that has been tweaked to fit the current economic climate, rather than the boom era of 2007, and will be able to begin work rapidly once it becomes apparent they have a tenant.

In the meantime Great Portland Estates will continue to push ahead with the construction of 240 Blackfriars Road, whilst other towers in the City of London start to rise such as the Pinnacle, 20 Fenchurch Street and the Leadenhall Building.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2845

Work begins at 100 Bishopsgate site

Demolition experts Keltbray have begun work on the site of 100 Bishopsgate to make way for the construction of new office space in the City of London, just across the road from the recently completed Heron Tower.

Existing buildings are being demolished in phase one of a project which will result in a 1,176 ft high office tower designed by Allies and Morrison for joint venture Brookfield and Great Portland Estates. The property companies will not be going ahead with construction straight away however, and are seeking a pre-let in order to proceed, unwilling to develop speculatively despite predictions that the City is facing a shortage of Grade A accommodation over the next few years.

100 Bishopsgate is a mixed-use development providing 825,000 sq ft of net lettable space in three new buildings, including a forty-storey tower within the emerging cluster of tall buildings in the City. The scheme comprises office space, trading floors, a new Livery Hall for the Leathersellers' Company, a public library and retail space.

A new public square will be created at the heart of the site, with new routes drawn across it. The form of the tower component, generated by the transition from a parallelogram at its base to a rectangle at its top, resolves the complex geometries of the site and context. In combination with contrasting facade textures and articulated junctions repeated rotationally around the building, this transition in form lends the tower a distinctive twisting dynamic.

http://www.freeofficesearch.co.uk/OfficeSpaceNews/Work-Begins-On-Site-Of-New-City-Office-Tower

Existing buildings are being demolished in phase one of a project which will result in a 1,176 ft high office tower designed by Allies and Morrison for joint venture Brookfield and Great Portland Estates.
I think they might have got the height just a little bit wrong. 1,176ft is 358m, that's taller than the Shard!!!

Demolition work on the site of the existing structure at 100 Bishopsgate, London has commenced in preparation for the construction of a 1176 feet high office tower

100 Bishopsgate office tower development begins in London.

http://static.businessreviewonline.com/brnewsitesimagesrootfilepath/File_root/Article/100_bishopsgate_office_tower_development_begins_in_london_110516/bishop_tower.jpg

The tower is designed by British architectural practice Allies and Morrison and is being developed by a joint venture between Brookfield and Great Portland Estates. Demolition work is being executed by Keltbray.

The 100 Bishopsgate development will consist of three buildings in all including the 40-storey, 1176 feet tall tower. The buildings will consist of 825,000 square feet of net lettable space including office space, trading floors, a new Livery Hall for the Leathersellers’ Company, a public library and retail space.

The tower has been designed in the form of a parallelogram at the base that rises to a rectangle at the top to overcome the complex geometries of the location. The building features contrasting façade textures and articulated junctions repeated rotationally around the building, with the transition adding a twisting dynamic to the building. A new public square will also be created at the heart of the site with new routes drawn across.

http://www.freeofficesearch.co.uk/propertyimages/29685.JPG

Demolition experts Keltbray have begun work on the site of 100 Bishopsgate to make way for the construction of new office space in the City of London, just across the road from the recently completed Heron Tower.

Existing buildings are being demolished in phase one of a project which will result in a 1,176 ft high office tower designed by Allies and Morrison for joint venture Brookfield and Great Portland Estates.

The property companies will not be going ahead with construction straight away however, and are seeking a pre-let in order to proceed, unwilling to develop speculatively despite predictions that the City is facing a shortage of Grade A accommodation over the next few years.

100 Bishopsgate is a mixed-use development providing 825,000 sq ft of net lettable space in three new buildings, including a forty-storey tower within the emerging cluster of tall buildings in the City. The scheme comprises office space, trading floors, a new Livery Hall for the Leathersellers' Company, a public library and retail space.

A new public square will be created at the heart of the site, with new routes drawn across it. The form of the tower component, generated by the transition from a parallelogram at its base to a rectangle at its top, resolves the complex geometries of the site and context. In combination with contrasting facade textures and articulated junctions repeated rotationally around the building, this transition in form lends the tower a distinctive twisting dynamic.

http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/100_bishopsgate_office_tower_development_begins_in_london_110516/

"The 100 Bishopsgate development will consist of three buildings in all including the 40-storey, 1176 feet tall tower. "



Lol...stupid journalists....London has a new supertall, and nobody knew...:lol:

Would've been nice on that height though. Now it looks kinda fat.

Lol...stupid journalists....London has a new supertall, and nobody knew...:lol:

Indeed plus this tower has such terrible architecture and it is not even suitable with The City where the towers should be iconic and their quality should be world class as well. Total disappointment :doh:

I like it more than the heron ... however ... just another glass building which I'm not a huge fan of lol.

I'd like to see a tower185 kind of building in the city one day

Indeed plus this tower has such terrible architecture and it is not even suitable with The City where the towers should be iconic and their quality should be world class as well. Total disappointment :doh:

I wouldn't be so fast in saying this tower has terrible architecture. None of the renders is very clear.

I wouldn't be so fast in saying this tower has terrible architecture. None of the renders is very clear.

Not one of the best renders but i hope this will give you the idea of how this ugly tower will ruin The City skyline

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/5746355464_9e5d54b91b_b.jpg

Why is this so short? To my knowledge, London does not have height limits like NY associated with each parcel of land. While a 300m tower might not have received planning permission, one would have thought that a 250m tower might have.

Not one of the best renders but i hope this will give you the idea of how this ugly tower will ruin The City skyline

I don't agree with that at all, but it's okay. :cheers:

"The 100 Bishopsgate development will consist of three buildings in all including the 40-storey, 1176 feet tall tower.

What are those journalists smoking? The height of the tower is 165 metres. If I had a tower like that, it would have been 176 metres.

yeah plus a 358m tower with only 40 floors its like a 158m spire on top lol.:lol:

The same mistake twice, these journalists. :nuts:

Am I right in saying this is waiting for a pre let?

^^This is in the demo stage and I think construction should start immediately after that.

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I visited the site yesterday and demolition is still under way:

Just to the left (across the street from Heron Tower)
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^^A crane is up, it will go pretty quickly from now on.

by Cranesetc.

http://www.cranesetc.co.uk/cranesetcphotos/100bish150611.jpg

This one will probably help to create a 'wall effect' form this view.

http://i9.tinypic.com/2rxk93s.jpg

by The Champ.

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by lumberjack.

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Would be nice to see a view of this tower from far back, to see how it will fit into the skyline.

by chest.

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by LightTripper.

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by LightTripper.

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This one has had a height increase to 172 metres.

where has that info come from, if it has thats awesome

First pic from today and the second one from a couple weeks ago, for comparison.

by LightTripper.

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by lumberjack.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5970702284_bdc0d098c8_b.jpg.

by Cranesetc.

http://www.cranesetc.co.uk/cranesetcphotos/100bish010811.jpg

any recent update?

Obviously not, as theres no pictures.

by Skrapadude.

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Article in Saturday's Daily Telegraph - Gerald Ronson is appealing against the planned increase in height of 100 Bishopsgate due the impact on the view from the Sushisamba restaurant at the top of the Heron Tower:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...don-rival.html

I doubt a 7 metres increase is that substantial.

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Wow, incredible how fast they demolished that place!

Now let's just hope they can secure some pre-lets!

BTW Anyone else think they should respond to Gerald Ronson by applying for another 7 metre INcrease?

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Nice... Bishopsgate is going to be very skyscrapery!

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This one will fill the city out nicely!

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Fabulous work going on!

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Let's see this baby grow now. :cheers2:

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:colgate:I like this building, it looks cool! :lol:

not much going on lately.

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by Lumberjack_London

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What was there before was not a bad building but it lacked the height. :cheers2:

Anyone know when we will see a core?!

It's seriously early to be talking about the core just yet. The developers won't proceed without a pre-let, although the feeling is that piling/foundation work will commence in the short term.

Wow, I didn't know this one was actully going ahead! I think its boxy design will make the landmark skyscrapers (The Pinnacle and Leadenhall) stand out more and calm the city cluser down, preventing it from looking like a fairground on steroids.

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A crane is on site now. :cheers2:

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heron tower looks fantastic, what a quality . :bow:

by hella good.

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Pretty nice tower and its very close to the Heron Tower!

And it will contribute to the skyline as much as the Gherkin, at least in terms of height.

I've always liked this tower, has both a classy & modern design. I'm happy it's on track ;).

I thought they wouldn't be building this one without a pre-let but there's a crane on site? :dunno:

Not seen this video before and shows it at its new hight... Will definitely fill a few gaps!

http://www.100bishopsgate.com

From the same web page.

http://www.100bishopsgate.com/assets/images/content/location/02_Location_v2.jpg

http://www.100bishopsgate.com/assets/media/plaza.mp4

:cheers2:

Wow love it. Need the pinnacle to be built too, hope that gets back on track.

But 100bg, looks great, sure there were some on here not too happy with it, must be mad.

Horrible. Another box for the city.

Horrible. Another box for the city.

Makes a change if anything.

Yes. But after great proposals for the Walkie Talkie and Cheesgrater, lousy, boxy groundscrapers will be built at Broadgate and at the Legal & General site and now this.... Moreover, who knows what will become of the Helter Skelter?

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The video is good. It reveals some nice angles.

I've been waiting for this one. It's gonna be coool :)

Very bad boxy tower.

Ah moustache, si tu n'existais pas, il faudrait t'inventer...

I've always liked it. Although the top is boxy & quite plain looking, the base really is interesting and shows some very nice angles & faces. Let's hope that the cladding will be up to it.. It will be a good addition :).

But the boxiness is good! you can't always have helter-skelters and various kitchen utensils filling the place! boxiness brings the skyline "back down to earth" and increases the value of the "unusual" towers i.e gherkin, 20FC, leadenhall etc, having everything quirky would kill off the concept of quirky! :cheers:

I love it! The design is amazing!

Slightly better than a box I guess . I personally think London deserves better but hey , boxes are built for a reason so I guess we should be thankful that it looks like it's made of quality materials at least .

I didn't realize this was going to be so prominent in the skyline, as in the above picture! It may look good as a filler, and may give the city skyline more balance since it seems to have a height in between that of the lowrise and the taller towers.

^^ I was wrong it's as tall as Heron almost, I see from watching the video, too boxy for such a prominent place in the skyline.

The above render looks superb! I think this building will add some much needed filler the the City cluster - if it was another 'landmark' tower Central London would look like a loony's play pen with too many weird designs in such a small area...

Having said that this building isn't plain, its still interesting, just not in an in-you-face kind of way like Leadenhall and Bishopsgate Tower :D

That render is top notch quality. I wasn't very enthusiastic about this one but that render changed this.

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looks fairly dead

Not really.

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The above render looks superb! I think this building will add some much needed filler the the City cluster - if it was another 'landmark' tower Central London would look like a loony's play pen with too many weird designs in such a small area...

I agree. In any other context this would be an uninteresting building, but actually a straighforward cuboid is the one shape that is not represented in the City yet. As long as there is only one, it provides a perfectly good addition to all the different shapes, I wouldn't even call it a 'filler' but an integral part. They might have done something a little better with the cladding mind you.

I just hope they find a tenant for this one. The pre-let of AON was the turning point for the Leadenhall project.

I agree. In any other context this would be an uninteresting building, but actually a straighforward cuboid is the one shape that is not represented in the City yet. As long as there is only one, it provides a perfectly good addition to all the different shapes, I wouldn't even call it a 'filler' but an integral part. They might have done something a little better with the cladding mind you.

Agree 100%
In my mind the cladding definatly needs to appear more sleek, like 7 World Trade Center in NYC.

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Decent progress.

I'm looking forward to this one. Once the shard finishes, we still have 122 leadenhall and 20 fenchurch for a good while, then this after them (and many others dotted about but these are the biggies). Just need the heron plaza to get moving again soon, will be another nice addition to the city. Also the pinnacle is needed to complete a great cluster.... :( There must be a tenant out there who would commit to that beautiful building....

Yeah let's hope a big company decides to compromise to this building like AON did with Leadenhall.

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thanks for the updates :applause:

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wait, is that the core?

^^ Looks that way, although it doesn't look particularly strong...

Fillers are what make good skylines. And this is a good filler too.

Just one of the great projects underway in London.

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^^ After seeing that model I am starting to really like this one. It is a great filler. Elegant but not overstated. I like how the facade continues into the smaller section.

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It's a nice building, but the bulging bottom annoys me.

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Has it overtaken Guy's yet?

Nice project! Isn't it under construction?

Nice project! Isn't it under construction?

This one's waiting for a prelet.

Can't wait for this, should make a good change to the skyline ;)

http://blogwoodsbagot.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/100bishopsgate.jpg?w=716&h=1024

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Hey guys, this is my first post!! I love skyscrapers and cities! ( especially......LONDON )
I lived in london for 30 years but now i have moved to sunny spain....... There are hardly any big buildings in spain at all. I love all the new buildings that are gonna be built in london! I hope it turns out well! Tho some people wont be happy as it wouls proberly ruin the historical side of london :/