Leafing street level for top of Walkie Talkie September 18, 2014 Don’t look down: The moment a tree is hoisted up by crane to the top of 20 Fenchurch St before being guided down into its soon-to-be-launched Sky Garden on levels 35, 36 and 37.
Watch: Leaf’s-eye-view of a tree being hoisted to the top of the Walkie Talkie September 18, 2014 Skyscrapers may be complex to build, but what about getting the furniture into them? You can usually squeeze a sofa into the lift – but a full-grown tree requires rather more specialist equipment. The video below gives a leaf's-eye-view of the process involved in hoisting a palm tree into the top floors of the Walkie [...]
London 2030: 14 new buildings due to change the London skyline over the next fifteen years September 11, 2014 This is what the City of London will look like in 2030 as at least eight new towers are added to the square mile's skyline within the next fifteen years. The images of the City's future skyline are based on the skyscrapers that have already been granted planning permission and were created by The View [...]
Battersea retail search: This gorgeous image shows how the South Bank will look in 2023 September 8, 2014 Battersea Power Station began the hunt for businesses to fill the redeveloped version of its 42-acre site last week, launching a global tour taking in Kuala Lumpur, New York, Dubai, Paris, Los Angeles, Milan, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Doha to find the right businesses. The scale of Battersea itself is already massive: [...]
Walkie-Talkie loses out on Carbuncle Cup ugly building award… for this year September 3, 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, this year’s coveted Carbuncle Cup – the award for the UK’s ugliest building – goes to (drumroll please)… not one of the most nominated buildings, the Walkie Talkie, aka 20 Fenchurch St. Unfortunately, or fortunately – depending on your perspective – the Walkie Talkie could not appear on Building Design Magazine’s list [...]
Tesco targets Walkie Talkie workers September 1, 2014 Tesco launched a new flagship store next to the City’s iconic Walkie Talkie building yesterday, in a bid to capitalise on an expected 8,000 thousand-strong workforce set to take over the building. The store, which houses a new Tesco-backed brand Fred’s Food Construction, is based on a New York style deli counter.
Work on building Walkie Talkie tower sunshade gets underway after Scorchie debacle August 20, 2014 Builders scaled the heights of the Walkie Talkie skyscraper in the City yesterday as work got underway to install “aluminium fins” that will prevent its windows reflecting ultra-bright rays and dazzling passers-by. Land Securities and Canary Wharf, the owners of 20 Fenchurch Street, are arming the southern facade of the tower with horizontal blades [...]
City’s Gherkin skyscraper to be sold off with £640m starting price tag July 28, 2014 The City’s iconic Gherkin has been put up for sale on the open market after it collapsed into receivership earlier this year, with a price tag of around £640m. Receivers at Deloitte have appointed their real estate arm and Savills to sell 30 St Mary’s Axe, which will be advertised to buyers across the [...]
Why I’m on a mission to open up London’s iconic skyscrapers to the public July 24, 2014 This is an exciting time for Londoners; we live in one of the world’s great cities, and one that is changing more rapidly than at any time in its history. This change is evident all around us, as new places and spaces appear, new buildings replace old, and London’s parameters are re-defined. I launched Open [...]
Leadenhall Building to open its doors for Cheesegrater views at Open House London July 21, 2014 This year’s Open House festival of architecture, where you get to snoop around buildings you would ordinarily be tackled for trying to enter, features a star attraction: the hitherto unenjoyed view from the top of the Cheesegrater. Yes, on the 20th and 21st of September, the public will be allowed to ride the Leadenhall [...]