Cheesegrater skyscraper steel bolts broken and area is cordoned off to the public, says British Land November 5, 2014 British Land has revealed that two steel bolts each a metre in length have come unstuck at London's Cheesegrater skyscraper, and the building has been cordoned off to pedestrians. One part of one of the bolts fell to the ground at the side of the building but thankfully the area where it hit was already [...]
The Stump is dead: Here’s everything we know about The Pinnacle, London’s next skyline-altering tower November 3, 2014 So the Pinnacle, the London skyscraper that never was, looks like it might finally be built. The tower, on Bishopsgate in the City of London, was nicknamed "the Helter Skelter" because of its twisty design at the top, but met an undignified fate when its developer, Brookfield Multiplex, was forced to abandon work on it [...]
Cheesegrater sets sky high city price record October 30, 2014 THE CHEESEGRATER, or the Leadenhall Building as it is officially known, has set a new price record for the City of London at £85 per square foot. US insurance firm FM Global is reported to have paid that price to take the 7,700 square foot 41st floor of the 47-storey tower.
Cheesegrater office letting smashes City record October 30, 2014 A letting at newly-completed skyscraper the Leadenhall Building – known to its friends as the Cheesegrater – has set a new price record for the City of London. Industry magazine Property Week reported today that US-based insurance firm FM Global is understood to have agreed a deal to take the 7,700 sq ft 41st floor [...]
Battersea Power Station’s “Flower” building, Electric Boulevard and Battersea Roof Gardens designed by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster will join the London skyline by 2020 October 17, 2014 The third phase of development at Battersea Power Station has been given the go ahead by Wandsworth council, including a thumbs up to two new stunning buildings designed by famous architechts Frank Gehry and Norman Foster. Phase three of the scheme to regenerate the area around the power station includes the creation of a pedestrian [...]
Riba Stirling Prize 2014: London loses out to Liverpool as The Shard, London Aquatics Centre and LSE’s Saw Swee Hock Student Centre fail to win top architecture award October 17, 2014 Three of London’s most exciting new buildings have lost out on winning the biggest prize in British architecture. The Riba Stirling Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, has been scooped by the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, trumping The Shard, The London Aquatics Centre and the London School of Economics’ Saw Swee Hock Student Centre in the [...]
Owner of Lamborghini abandoned on Tower Bridge arrested for harassment October 9, 2014 Anyone missing a Lamborghini? Because one has been parked up on Tower Bridge for nearly 24 hours… People commuting home over Tower Bridge last night – and coming into the City again this morning – were greeted with the unusual sight of a white Lambourghini Countach parked up on the Tower side of the [...]
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 [...]