Capital’s skyscraper boom set to dramatically change skyline March 12, 2014 LONDON’S skyline is set to change dramatically over the next decade. Over 236 towers over 20 storeys are being proposed, approved or under construction – more than double the number of tall buildings estimated to be in the capital today, according to a new report released yesterday. Traditionally a low-rise city, London’s skyscrapers have, until [...]
The 236 skyscrapers coming to London March 12, 2014 London’s skyline is set to change dramatically over the next decade. According to a report out today, over 236 towers over 20 storeys are being proposed, approved or under construction – more than double the number of high-rise buildings estimated to be in capital today. Traditionally a low-rise city, London’s skyscrapers have, until now, been [...]
Batman-inspired skyscraper nears approval February 18, 2014 PLANS for a £390m office scheme near Leadenhall Market were recommended for approval yesterday. The design was inspired by America’s neo-gothic architecture such as the Rockefeller Centre, which influenced the Batman films.
Batman-inspired skyscraper set for approval at 40 Leadenhall February 18, 2014 Plans for a giant office scheme near Leadenhall Market was recommended for approval by City planners today. The site at 40 Leadenhall Street – also known as the Leadenhall Triangle – is owned by Henderson Global Investors, the fund managers behind the controversial Smithfield Quarter scheme, which is being reviewed at a public inquiry [...]
Shard skyscraper attracts more tenants February 13, 2014 SIX TENANTS have now taken up space in London’s glass-clad skyscraper the Shard, with 170,000 square feet or 30 per cent of the building’s office space now let. Developer Irvine Seller confirmed that venture capitalists Foresight Group and lawyers Mathys & Squire were among the new tenants to have taken space, with companies due to [...]
Walkie Scorchie to apply sun block February 11, 2014 THE SKYSCRAPER dubbed the Walkie Scorchie is to be armed with “horizontal aluminium fins” that will cross the tower from top to bottom to prevent its windows reflecting the ultra-bright rays that dazzled passers-by last summer. According to plans submitted this week and seen by City A.M., developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf want to [...]
History repeating? The Walkie Scorchie’s Plan B February 11, 2014 SHIELD your eyes, the curtain has been pulled back on the plans for the Walkie Scorchie and its indiscriminate burn beams. Land Securities has been working with Rafael Vinoly’s architecture firm to create a solution to stop the building’s curved surface from reflecting super-strong beams of sunlight onto the road below (as happened in September, [...]
New tenant for British Land’s Cheesegrater January 28, 2014 BRITISH Land said yesterday it has secured another tenant at the Cheesegrater skyscraper as the property giant reported growing demand for London office space. Australian serviced office provider Servcorp has signed a deal to take the whole of the 30th floor of British Land and Oxford Properties’ development on Leadenhall Street, which is due to [...]
Walkie Talkie owner to submit plans to fix ray January 22, 2014 PROPERTY giant Land Securities said yesterday that it is close to submitting plans to solve the Walkie Talkie’s ultra-bright reflective rays that dazzled passers-by and melted parts of nearby cars last summer. Chief executive Rob Noel said it will submit a planning application to fix “the solar glare issue” to the City of London next [...]
Walkie Scorchie owner says ray is almost fixed November 12, 2013 LAND Securities’ chief executive said yesterday that the developer is close to fixing problems with the Walkie Talkie and that the skyscraper’s ultra-bright reflective rays had not put off potential tenants. The building, a joint venture with Canary Wharf Group, was dubbed the Walkie Scorchie after it began reflecting a beam of light this summer [...]