The Future of London’s Skyline [Infographic]

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London Skylines Of The Future

In a couple of years, London’s horizon will change significantly, so we thought we’d investigate a portion of the new structures that are going to fly up in the country’s capital and also demonstrating to you where precisely they’ll be produced and diagram a portion of the worries made by local people who are quick to keep the horizon as it seems to be. In London, where the most recent high rises are private and units are crushed into ever-taller pencils, that importance has turned out to be refined.

There the towers are images for the change into the safe house of decision for the worldwide one percent, who will soon reach a new height. Their aeries are ascending out of bases of extravagance retail and will disregard the individuals who need to manage with flat squares as opposed to towers with single-unit floors. That imagery turned out to be considerably more piercing this week when it was uncovered that one of those towers will have a “poor entryway” that will carry the inhabitants of the tower’s lease controlled units all through the structure without exasperating the skyward sustain and tranquil cover of the elevated structure occupants. Of all the structures human have made, towers are the most emblematic.

Looking at the renaissance of high-rises around the globe, the actual meaning behind skyscrapers might be worth taking into consideration. Check out the infographic to learn more about the ‘The Future of London’s Skyline’.

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The Future of London’s Skyline

Over the next few years, London’s skyline is about to change drastically. Here’s a look at some of the new buildings about to pop up in the capital.

22 BISHOPSGATE

ARCHITECT
PLP ARCHITECTS

COST
£1BN

USE
OFFICES

START DATE  2016
COMPLETION DATE 2019

255M / 837FT 59 FLOORS

SPIRE LONDON

ARCHITECT
HOK

COST
£800M

USE
OFFICES

START DATE  2016
COMPLETION DATE 2020

235M / 771FT 67 FLOORS

LANDMARK PINNACLE

ARCHITECT
SQUARE & PARTNERS

COST
£320M

USE
RESIDENTIAL

START DATE  2016
COMPLETION DATE 2020

233M / 764FT 75 FLOORS

ONE NINE ELMS

ARCHITECT
KOHN PETERSEN FOX

COST
£1B

USE
RESIDENTIAL / HOTEL

START DATE  2015
COMPLETION DATE 2019

199.4M / 654FT 58 FLOORS

THE SCALPEL

ARCHITECT
KOHN PETERSEN FOX

COST
£500M

USE
OFFICES / RESTAURANT / RETAIL

START DATE  2015
COMPLETION DATE 2017

190M / 623FT 38 FLOORS

TO SCALE

• The Shard 310M
• 22 Bishopsgate 255M
• Spire London 235M
• Landmark Pinnacle 235M
• One Nine Elms 199M
• The Scalpel 190M
• London Eye 120M
• St. Paul’s 111M

WHERE WILL THEY BE?

LONDON • BELSIZE PARK • CAMDEN TOWN • BARNSBURY • HOLBORN • BETHNAL GREEN • WESTWAY • BAYSWATER • CHELSEA • BATTERSEA • BRIXTON • BRIXTON HILL • BLACKHEATH

Here’s where all 436 new buildings are going to be built in and around London.

DID YOU KNOW? All 436 buildings will be over 20 storeys high with the average being 30!

CONTROVERSY Critics are arguing that buildings such as this, One Blackfriars, are inappropriate for London’s traditionally low-rise skyline.

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