The ‘Baby Shard’ has been granted planning permission from Southwark Council after a redesign.
The building, designed to echo the Shard of Glass tower, which will stand opposite, was originally granted planning permission in 2007, however the Thameslink rail upgrade meant the the plans had to be rethought. (more…)
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) have recently announced that they will be moving to new office space in London’s Canary Wharf.
FSA are planning on taking another 460 members of staff to increase their authority and supervision across the financial industry of the UK, including an extra 100 staff for the enforcement team. (more…)
The recently completed ‘Razor’ tower in Elephant and Castle, London is to generate 8% of its own energy with new wind turbines.
Officially named the Strata tower, it stands at 148 m high and is part of a £1.5 billion project to regenerate the area around Elephant and Castle. It cost £113 million and also includes a smaller building, named the Pavilion. The towers are mainly for residential use, comprising of exclusive apartments ranging from £230,000 to £2.5 million in price. (more…)
A portfolio of eight London office buildings is to be put up for sale by CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.
The buildings belong to entrepreneur Simon Halabi, and are being sold to repay investors part of the £1.15 billion in defaulted bonds which back the buildings. (more…)
One of London’s most popular architectural icons, The London Eye, celebrates its tenth birthday this week!
It was officially opened on 31st December 1999 by then-prime minister Tony Blair, but face technically difficulties meaning it couldn’t open fully to the public until March 2000. Ten years on and over 30-million people have taken the breath-taking ride to view the capital from above. It was the worlds largest Ferris wheel until two years ago, when the Singapore Flyer took its crown by being 30 metres taller. (more…)
A stake holder in the UK’s tallest building has plans to construct an even bigger project in the City of London.
Brookfield Asset Management Inc, based in Toronto Canada, have announced that they are searching for a site to rival the planned 64-storey Pinnacle project. The Pinnacle is the only major office space skyscraper planned for completion after 2012 in the capital’s City district. (more…)
Have you ever wanted to have ago at redesigning the iconic skyline of London? Now’s your chance!
Hayes Davidson, an architecture visualisation and imaging company, have released a fun new tool on their website which allows people to play with the London skyline. (more…)
25 Churchill Place, the last available plot on the Canary Wharf estate, is having a new design produced.
News International were meant to be using the site, but they pulled out leaving the site undeveloped. The design is to be penned once more by KPF and will feature a 108 metre tower, a reduction from previous plans meaning there will be 71,169 sq m of office space. (more…)
Land Securities Group Plc has announced that they are restarting their development of a new skyscraper in London, known as the Walkie Talkie tower.
The shortage of office space in London has driven the decision by Land Securities, the largest real estate investment trust in the UK. They have been making enquiries to contractors for estimates to build the 155-metre tower, which will be at 20 Fenchurch Street in the the heart of City of London. (more…)
Dragon’s Den judge and entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne faces a challenge fiercer than his business judgement this month.
The 60-year old businessman is one of a growing number of athletes tacking a new challenge, set to take the fitness and athletics world by storm in major cities. Tower running, where runners tackle getting to the top floor of towers and skyscrapers the hard way by running up the stairs, is a growing new trend for fitness fanatics around the world. (more…)