Lime Street Square | City of London | 190m | 40 fl | Approved

[Taller London]

its was this week or next week there no actual date just speculation

[AlexsAmazingIpad]

Still no renders? Sorry to bump the thread

[Bowater]

If it is 40 floors it will have the biggest height to footprint of any tower in London... The site looks a bit small to me.

[cloud32]

Hopefully that will make for a nice slender box, and not another 'landmark' design. The city needs more filler...

[Black Cat]

One assumes that planning discussions/negotiations are in process, possibly involving redesign, hence the delays.

[11001001]

Looks like this is the planning application.

12/06379/OBS | Application made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 to redevelop the 52-54 Lime Street and 34 - 35 Leadenhall Street with a new office tower comprising approximately 58,000sq.m gross external floor space. The development would comprise with one building with to 34 floors, rising to approximately 206m AOD. | Lime Street City Of London London EC3M 7QD

http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/onl...=M68APORP01R00

[gothicform]

that makes it 192.1 metres AGL. for 34 floors that's a hell of a lot of height, i wonder what architectural feature it has to bump it up.

[ill tonkso]

Maybe we will see a decent crown on this?

[gothicform]

that's what i'm hoping for... a skyscraper in the city with an actual crown.

[Sesquip]

Originally Posted by 11001001

Looks like this is the planning application.

12/06379/OBS | Application made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 to redevelop the 52-54 Lime Street and 34 - 35 Leadenhall Street with a new office tower comprising approximately 58,000sq.m gross external floor space. The development would comprise with one building with to 34 floors, rising to approximately 206m AOD. | Lime Street City Of London London EC3M 7QD

http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/onl...=M68APORP01R00

Odd that this is on Westminster's planning site. This site is clearly in the CoL's jurisdiction. Their planning website is being rather flakey right now, so can't dig up details on it. Annoying.

[11001001]

Originally Posted by Sesquip

Odd that this is on Westminster's planning site. This site is clearly in the CoL's jurisdiction.

Good point. Paying closer attention its lodged with "Environmental Impact Assessment" so maybe they have added 30 odd meters to allow for a reduction in hight for when they object? Will this be any more visible from a park in Westminster then any other tower in the vicinity?

[Core Rising]

Wow 192 meters! Looks like my massing guestimate was about right. That is insanely tall for a 34 storey building. It is possible that it could be passed at that height, it is literally across the road from the Leadenhall building after all. If the height does infringe on the view from a park in Westminster it will be less so than the cheesegrater.

[Taller London]

maybe it will have a roof garden with some trees and greenery in it
lets hope

[Black Cat]

Originally Posted by Core Rising

Wow 192 meters! Looks like my massing guestimate was about right. That is insanely tall for a 34 storey building. .

Allow 4.5m/floor x 34 = 138m therefore 54m extra, perhaps the first floor is significantly above grade as with 122 Leadenhall, and/or perhaps mechanical spaces are vertically stacked with a spire/finial type element at the top, or perhaps its a very tall pole type element; no doubt we'll find out shortly.

[Sesquip]

Originally Posted by 11001001

a new office tower comprising approximately 58,000sq.m gross external floor space. The development would comprise with one building with to 34 floors, rising to approximately 206m AOD

I just did a quick take-off from gmaps. The site itself has an area of about 1,900m². The stated gross external of 58,000m² divided by 34 floors gives an area of about 1,700m² per floor (assuming a prismatic shape). Part of the site gets very close indeed to Willis - this part is almost exactly 200m², therefore leaving 1,700m² to be extruded upwards. Assuming these constraints leaves no room for a particularly fancy sculptural shape.



So what on earth is on top of this simple shape to take the AOD to 206m?

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

It's going to do a NYT Building trick...

[The Champ]

Maybe the roof is slanted?

[Taller London]

Originally Posted by DeFiBkIlLeR

It's going to do a NYT Building trick...

that building is so bad why just why did they stick that pole on it

[ill tonkso]

I love it, has some serious vertical emphasis which NYC does so well.

[cnapan]

I don't mind the loss of the buildings highlighted - they're very dull.

But it had better be a good building. This little cluster in the city is finally banishing the bad taste left by the crap that went up in previous decades. The Lloyd's building set the bar high, and recent additions seem to lend additional interest to the area.