Should there ever be a building built in London that will be taller than the Shard? - Page 3

Darloeye · May 17th, 2012, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Langur

A perfect dancing partner for the Shard...

cnapan · May 19th, 2012, 06:06 PM

I don't see much importance in the absolute height. London won't have the tallest tower. But what it can have is the best ones. The shard is so much more than just a tall building, whereas cw has all too many buildings which are just that.

I like the spire theme. It fits into London history and bestows an elegance missing on the more stumpy alternatives. New York's best skyscrapers are gloriously pointy.

This all probably explains why I hate that fatter-on-top building!

MatthewGen · May 19th, 2012, 09:56 PM

What you gotta remember is that 310M is hardly tall at all anymore by today's international standards it's quickly becoming the normal! I'm generally not in favour for another super tall in London though..

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Originally Posted by Darloeye

Could see the Pinnacle being taller when that starts to build again.

I think I remember people saying it was going to seem taller than the shard for the most part because it stood on higher ground :p

Willrocks10 · May 20th, 2012, 08:14 PM

Thanks guys for all your posts+ votes!

Langur · May 20th, 2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Willrocks10

Thats the Millennium tower designed by Fosters and Partners, 30 St Mary's Axe is what they built instead of this which is good as I don't like the look of the Millennium tower.

I know what it is, thanks. I prefer the Millennium Tower to the Gherkin. The Gherkin is too fat and too dark at the top.

ferge · May 20th, 2012, 10:22 PM

For me though, if you say add such a tall tower to the City cluster (say 400m) you'd just completely detract from the cluster and lose the progress made over the past 10 years. I don't see the need for us to have such a tall building in the UK. In Yew York, or Hong Kong or Dubai where you want it to stand above the other supertalls, but we just do not have the backdrop to justify such tall buildings, they'd look ridiculous.

Langur · May 21st, 2012, 08:58 AM

In the case of the Burj, I agree. It's a beautiful tower, but when I tried to imagine it in London, I thought it would be far too big, too dominant. It would diminish everything else. Skyscrapers should enhance a city, not diminish them. However I think the 386m of the Millennium Tower is about right. We can get away with that.

TallBox · May 21st, 2012, 12:57 PM

This is the tower I want them to build in London:

Nouvel gave us an awkward stodgy groundscraper and is giving New York THAT!

Height? Don't really care... 350m would be a bit too big... around 319m makes sense but even at around 289m it would be still gorgeous.

cnapan · May 21st, 2012, 02:27 PM

To me it looks like someone tried to build the shard without reading the instructions first

SO143 · May 21st, 2012, 02:31 PM

how tall is that tower? it's design is quite stunning and phenomenal though, me loves it..

capslock · May 21st, 2012, 02:48 PM

Not exactly 'needed' so I'm not sure is 'should' is the right word, but, why not.

TallBox · May 21st, 2012, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SO143

how tall is that tower? it's design is quite stunning and phenomenal though, me loves it..

Originally designed at 381m (which is too tall IMO) but revised down to 320m

Ion Cannon · May 21st, 2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MatthewGen

What you gotta remember is that 310M is hardly tall at all anymore by today's international standards it's quickly becoming the normal! I'm generally not in favour for another super tall in London though..

310m is still very tall on an international scale, just not on a chinese scale. For example, take the US, 310m puts it joint 10th, but that includes two spire cheats - Bank of America Tower & The New York Times Building.

I'm all for something taller than the Shard, provided the design is to a similar standard and it enhances the skyline. I don't think we'll get anything like that for about 10 years though.

Langur · May 21st, 2012, 05:09 PM

I love the Tower Verre plan. It's easily the best proposal for New York. It may be the finest skyscraper they've ever built.

Willrocks10 · May 21st, 2012, 10:09 PM

Nah I dont like Tower Verre.

yubnub · May 21st, 2012, 11:12 PM

I would like to see a few super talls in both Canary Wharf and in the City (but nowhere else). Maybe 2-3 of 300-320m and then one that is 400m.

Willrocks10 · May 22nd, 2012, 08:59 PM

Yeah that would be nice

PowerOfLondon · May 23rd, 2012, 10:42 PM

Wow that building would look spectacular! Very tricky to build though

Willrocks10 · June 3rd, 2012, 10:25 PM

Do you mean London Millennium Tower?

shard97 · June 3rd, 2012, 10:35 PM

I think we london should limit the height of talls to 300m, and they sould try to stick to the clusters too, the shard is an exception to the rule, they could put it on top of Brown willy (ikr?) ad it would still look good!

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May 20th, 2012, 08:14 PM	#44
Willrocks10 Waffles Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 678 Likes (Received): 8	Thanks guys for all your posts+ votes! __________________ Save the United Kingdom: http://bettertogether.net/ and http://www.britishunity.org/ My website: http://willrocks10.webs.com/ My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/westhamwill10?feature=mhee Try this game where you design London's Skyline: http://www.hayesdavidson.com/skyline/

May 21st, 2012, 08:58 AM	#47
Langur Londinium langur Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London Posts: 8,251 Likes (Received): 106	In the case of the Burj, I agree. It's a beautiful tower, but when I tried to imagine it in London, I thought it would be far too big, too dominant. It would diminish everything else. Skyscrapers should enhance a city, not diminish them. However I think the 386m of the Millennium Tower is about right. We can get away with that. __________________ If deficit spending in a downturn was some kind of panacea, then Greece would be booming by now.

May 21st, 2012, 02:31 PM	#50
SO143 Maderator Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 20,557 Likes (Received): 1326	how tall is that tower? it's design is quite stunning and phenomenal though, me loves it.. __________________ LDN PAR MAD PSM SOS BOU CND CAR PET

May 21st, 2012, 02:48 PM	#51
capslock Ho hum Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 2,018 Likes (Received): 115	Not exactly 'needed' so I'm not sure is 'should' is the right word, but, why not. __________________ Natarsid, natarsid! Ma hame ba ham hastim!

May 19th, 2012, 06:06 PM	#42
cnapan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 871 Likes (Received): 119	I don't see much importance in the absolute height. London won't have the tallest tower. But what it can have is the best ones. The shard is so much more than just a tall building, whereas cw has all too many buildings which are just that. I like the spire theme. It fits into London history and bestows an elegance missing on the more stumpy alternatives. New York's best skyscrapers are gloriously pointy. This all probably explains why I hate that fatter-on-top building!

May 20th, 2012, 10:22 PM	#46
ferge Like 'Berg' Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wigan Posts: 5,355 Likes (Received): 102	For me though, if you say add such a tall tower to the City cluster (say 400m) you'd just completely detract from the cluster and lose the progress made over the past 10 years. I don't see the need for us to have such a tall building in the UK. In Yew York, or Hong Kong or Dubai where you want it to stand above the other supertalls, but we just do not have the backdrop to justify such tall buildings, they'd look ridiculous.

May 21st, 2012, 12:57 PM	#48
TallBox Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,629 Likes (Received): 30	This is the tower I want them to build in London: Nouvel gave us an awkward stodgy groundscraper and is giving New York THAT! Height? Don't really care... 350m would be a bit too big... around 319m makes sense but even at around 289m it would be still gorgeous.

May 21st, 2012, 02:27 PM	#49
cnapan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 871 Likes (Received): 119	To me it looks like someone tried to build the shard without reading the instructions first

May 21st, 2012, 05:09 PM	#54
Langur Londinium langur Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London Posts: 8,251 Likes (Received): 106	I love the Tower Verre plan. It's easily the best proposal for New York. It may be the finest skyscraper they've ever built. __________________ If deficit spending in a downturn was some kind of panacea, then Greece would be booming by now.

May 21st, 2012, 10:09 PM	#55
Willrocks10 Waffles Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 678 Likes (Received): 8	Nah I dont like Tower Verre. __________________ Save the United Kingdom: http://bettertogether.net/ and http://www.britishunity.org/ My website: http://willrocks10.webs.com/ My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/westhamwill10?feature=mhee Try this game where you design London's Skyline: http://www.hayesdavidson.com/skyline/

May 21st, 2012, 11:12 PM	#56
yubnub Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 659 Likes (Received): 189	I would like to see a few super talls in both Canary Wharf and in the City (but nowhere else). Maybe 2-3 of 300-320m and then one that is 400m. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/75487768@N04/

May 22nd, 2012, 08:59 PM	#57
Willrocks10 Waffles Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 678 Likes (Received): 8	Yeah that would be nice __________________ Save the United Kingdom: http://bettertogether.net/ and http://www.britishunity.org/ My website: http://willrocks10.webs.com/ My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/westhamwill10?feature=mhee Try this game where you design London's Skyline: http://www.hayesdavidson.com/skyline/

May 23rd, 2012, 10:42 PM	#58
PowerOfLondon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: London Posts: 348 Likes (Received): 35	Wow that building would look spectacular! Very tricky to build though

June 3rd, 2012, 10:25 PM	#59
Willrocks10 Waffles Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 678 Likes (Received): 8	Do you mean London Millennium Tower? __________________ Save the United Kingdom: http://bettertogether.net/ and http://www.britishunity.org/ My website: http://willrocks10.webs.com/ My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/westhamwill10?feature=mhee Try this game where you design London's Skyline: http://www.hayesdavidson.com/skyline/

June 3rd, 2012, 10:35 PM	#60
shard97 Essex: Reputation Lost... Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Plymouth Posts: 769 Likes (Received): 39	I think we london should limit the height of talls to 300m, and they sould try to stick to the clusters too, the shard is an exception to the rule, they could put it on top of Brown willy (ikr?) ad it would still look good! __________________ Cornwall: Pasties, Arsenic and Tin and more Pasties With some Saffron Cake for Tea

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