LONDON | Project Compilation Thread

[Dylan Leblanc]

Looks like the Exchange Tower (built in the 60s or 70s) has had an exterior renovation. It originally had a concrete facade but it's glass now.

It looks good but... I liked the original look of the tower, and, now with all the other new glass towers in London, I feel there will be too much glass, and if this tower was still concrete it would have helped with the diversity of architecture. Oh well!

[Dylan Leblanc]

Snapped some construction photos yesterday in the Brick Lane area


Avant Garde






One Commercial Street

[elPasso]

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0:12 St George Tower (Vauxhall Tower)
0:30 20 Fenchurch Street
0:49 The Shard
1:39 The Place
2:25 25 Churchill Place

[Immovable_Media]

While walking around Regents Park, I stumbled upon Primrose Hill. Having 1 hr to kill, I decided to shoot this timelapse of the Central London skyline as seen here: http://youtu.be/L6QcTifEuEs

This was my 7th time in London. Each trip brings this majestic city closer to my heart...

[Immovable_Media]

The London Exchange and the Shard Buildings are looking great! They will be perfect additions to an already beautiful skyline. I visited Regents Park back in October 2012 and created this video highlighting the Central London Skyline: http://youtu.be/HVBGfpQPFPE

The view is from Primrose Hill. Please watch in 1080p HD to get the full visual

[SLC Projects]

London, my birth town. Oh how I need to come visit again.

[Just A Thought]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

London, my birth town. Oh how I need to come visit again.

Ah, a fellow Londoner in SLC, I occasionally make some suitably ill informed comment on the state of Salt Lake's development process, but good to know there's another London bod out there.

[eleven=11]

is there a update on the Olympic park ???

[10023]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Looks like the Exchange Tower (built in the 60s or 70s) has had an exterior renovation. It originally had a concrete facade but it's glass now.

It looks good but... I liked the original look of the tower, and, now with all the other new glass towers in London, I feel there will be too much glass, and if this tower was still concrete it would have helped with the diversity of architecture. Oh well!

London has no shortage of 60's concrete blocks, either. Less in the City of course, but there's always the Barbican!

[nito]

Originally Posted by eleven=11

is there a update on the Olympic park ???

Work is ongoing to transform the Olympic Park into legacy mode; which was at the core of London’s winning bid back in 2005, and is in stark contrast to previous hosts who not only lacked a legacy plan but have ended up with underutilised venues and desolate wastelands (e.g. Athens and Beijing).

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Whilst most of the Olympic Park (now renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is currently a construction site, there have been various concerts (on the site of the former Basketball Arena) and sports events (an athletics meeting was held last weekend), with further sporting events planned including Rugby World Cup matches in 2015.

Ongoing works are split into three areas:
(i) The removal of the spectator zones, temporary pavilions, security cordons, roads, temporary bridges and payments, planting of more trees and plants, erection of legacy infrastructure such as the grade separated mountain bike track, gradual opening of the park to the public, etc...
(ii) Conversion of the athlete’s village apartments for sale & rent to the public, and further construction works on new residential and commercial units (e.g. the site of the Basketball Arena), including several high-rises and a giant ski dome, etc...
(iii) Removal of all temporary facilities (Hockey Arena, Basketball Arena, Waterpolo Arena, etc...) and downsizing of permanent facilities to legacy mode.

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Aquatics Centre
The temporary ‘wings’ have long disappeared, allowing for the legacy mode glazing to be installed.


image taken by cherylea_cater: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9675816...in/photostream

Olympic Stadium
This hosted an athletics meeting last weekend, and could host another in 2015 along with planned Rugby Wold Cup matches. Conversion to a mixed-use stadium is ongoing, with retractable stands (for football mode) an extended roof and realigned floodlights set to be complete by 2016.


images sourced by Mo Rush: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=5225


images sourced by Mo Rush: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=5225


Edit:
There is actually a map illustrating what parts of the park are open and a website: http://queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk


Image sourced from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk

[easy as pie]

so depressing when one notices what's being taken out to make way for this:
http://londonist.com/2013/09/new-sky...all-street.php

i hope the government or the market kill it.

[colemonkee]

What's being removed? It's not Leadenhall Market, is it?

[tommaso]

What's the latest in London? Thank you!

[hughesnick312]

Originally Posted by tommaso

What's the latest in London? Thank you!

There's so much going on in London right now, lots of cool new towers going up, and another massive year coming for next year, loads of 200m+ towers going up, I'll compile a summary when I have time

[hughesnick312]

Originally Posted by hughesnick312

There's so much going on in London right now, lots of cool new towers going up, and another massive year coming for next year, loads of 200m+ towers going up, I'll compile a summary when I have time

London has lots of nice skyscraper clusters, but my favourite is still canary wharf, there are lots of towers under construction and about to begin, including 10 towers that are 200m+
List of some of canary wharfs u/c towers projects
Riverside south tower one 237m u/c
Riverside south tower two 189u/c
Riverside south tower three 90m u/c
City pride 239m construction begins 2014
Baltimore wharf 150m u/c
Hertesmere tower 237m construction begins in few months, march 2014
South quay plaza tower one 250m pro, when approved shortly, construction will begin
South quay plaza two 130m construction begin next year
London city island, four towers, prep
40 marsh wall 124m prep, construction beginning imminently
Diamond tower 220m construction begins in mid January
Wood wharf tower one 210m construction begins spring next year
Wood wharf tower two,three,four,five,6,7 all 150m+ begins construction over next few years
Providence tower 136m u/c
30 marsh wall 205 construction begins next year
One park place 192m construction begins when approved in few months
25 Churchill place 130 u/c
Heron quays west tower one 198m construction begins next year
Heron quays west towers two and three 147m and 95m construction begins next year
North quay tower one 221m construction begins 2017
North quay tower two 209m construction begins 2017
North quay tower three 120m construction begins 2017
Arrowhead quay tower one 183m comstruction begins next spring
Arrowhead quay tower two 170 construction begins next spring
Dollar bay tower 109, construction should begin next year or 2015
Trafalgar way tower one 122 construction begins 2014
Trafalgar way tower two 104m construction begins 2014
Cuba tower one 157m pro, will begin construction when approved
Cuba tower two 122m pro, will begin construction when approved
225 marsh wall 154 begin construction before 2015
Lincoln plaz 95m u/c
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[hughesnick312]

Another London cluster, the city, has some great towers u/c and in prep, this is a list of some of them
122 leadenhall 225m u/c
Lime street tower 193m u/c
20 fenchurch street 160m u/c
One blackfriars road tower 163m u/c
100 bishopsgate 172m prep
Heron plaza 135m demo/prep
Milton court 112 t/o
Doon street tower 140m begins construction soon
One crowne plaza 121m construction before 2016
Wandsworth tower 120m+ construction begins 2014
The bow tower 110m+ construction begins 2015
Ram brewery 120m+ construction begins 2014
Brickfields 150m construction begins 2014
Canada water site a 27fl t/o
Kings cross lands plot t6 102m t/o
Canada water sites d and e 150m+ construction begins next year
Shoreditch tower 130fl+ construction begins 2014
Principal place 163m prep
40 leadenhall 154m construction set for next year
The quill 110m construction begins before 2015
60-70 st Mary's axe 90m approved
Ludgate and Sampson house tower one 161m construction begins early 2015
Ludgate and Sampson house tower two and three 108m and 94m construction begins early 2015
20 blackfriars road 176m construction begins early 2015
20 blackfriars tower two 133m construction begins 2014/2015
20 blackfriars tower three 98m construction begins early 2015
Elizabeth house 123m/53m, construction begins next year
Shardettes, three towers 30fl+ construction begins when approved shortly

[hughesnick312]

Other cool towers going up in London clusters, a list of some of them
St George's wharf 181m t/o
South bank tower 155m u/c
Saffron square 155m u/c
One the elephant 136m u/c
Imperial college 137m construction begins 2015
Shell towers, eight towers up to 35fl, construction begins next spring
150 Stratford high street 133u/c
Stratford plaza 29fl u/c
Stratford student tower 28fl u/c
Eileen house 134m construction begins soon
360 London 134m construction begins in march 2014
The odalisk
Canaletto 31fl u/c
Lots road tower one 120 u/c
Lots road tower two 85m u/c
Lexicon tower 120m u/c
Altitude tower 28fl u/c
Commercial street 27 fl u/c
Avant garde 22fl u/c
Aldgate union 24fl u/c
Aldgate tower 26 fl u/c
Eagle tower 28 fl u/c
Montcalme tower 24fl u/c
Morello tower 172m construction begins in two months, January 2014
Greenwich, several towers u/c
London city island, several towers prep
Bishopsgate goodsyard several towers 200m+ construction begins when approved in 2014
Convoys wharf 116m/91m/72m construction begins soon
Number one the plaza 28fl u/c
Manhattan loft gardens, 143 construction imminent

City tower one nine elms tower one 200m construction begins before April
City tower one nine elms tower two 161m construction begins before April
Vauxhall square tower one 168m construction begins 2015
Vauxhall square tower two 168m construction begins 2015
New bondway tower 175m construction begins 2014
Vauxhall cross tower one 141m construction begins 2014/2015
Vauxhall cross tower two 115m construction begins 2014/2015
Vauxhall sky garden 120m construction begins in next few months
Riverlight 80/70/60m u/c
Vauxhall student tower 95m u/c
Sainsburys towers, three towers between 20fl and 30fl construction begins within months
Merano residences 29fl construction begins next year
20 Albert embankment 27fl/24fl/14fl construction begins early next year
Elizabeth house 123fl/53fl construction begins soon
And lots more aswell, I couldn't list all of them. As well as these towers there is also over fifty high rises 20fl+ u/c in London that I haven't listed yet

[nito]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

What's being removed? It's not Leadenhall Market, is it?

No, Leadenhall is the name of the street, but Leadenhall Market (a protected structure) is due further west by Lloyds of London. The development essentially demolishes various post-war buildings of little merit and will include the restoration of a listed building (19-21 Billiter Street).


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When I have some free time I’ll do an updated summary of projects in London; there is an unprecedented amount of high-rises in the pipeline, but the big business is at giant redevelopment areas such as Nine Elms, Stratford, Greenwich Peninsula, Kings Cross, etc…


Edit, might as well include this; Hertsmere Tower: 242m residential tower for Canary Wharf being developed by Ryan Corporation, with target opening of 2018. Would surpass the present tallest residential tower in the UK (the recently completed 181m St George’s Tower; which you may recall was the tower hit by the helicopter a few months back) by over 60m and even surpass One Canada Square which was for a long period the tallest skyscraper in the UK until the Shard went up.


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[hughesnick312]

Originally Posted by nito

No, Leadenhall is the name of the street, but Leadenhall Market (a protected structure) is due further west by Lloyds of London. The development essentially demolishes various post-war buildings of little merit and will include the restoration of a listed building (19-21 Billiter Street).


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When I have some free time I’ll do an updated summary of projects in London; there is an unprecedented amount of high-rises in the pipeline, but the big business is at giant redevelopment areas such as Nine Elms, Stratford, Greenwich Peninsula, Kings Cross, etc…


Edit, might as well include this; Hertsmere Tower: 242m residential tower for Canary Wharf being developed by Ryan Corporation, with target opening of 2018. Would surpass the present tallest residential tower in the UK (the recently completed 181m St George’s Tower; which you may recall was the tower hit by the helicopter a few months back) by over 60m and even surpass One Canada Square which was for a long period the tallest skyscraper in the UK until the Shard went up.


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Thanks, the new leadenhall one reminds me of the Rockefeller, I wish it was as tall as the Rockefeller as it might look a bit fat at 154m, still it's a nice development and along with the u/c lime square tower will help fill the gap between the walkie talkie tower and the rest of the cluster, now 122 leadenhall and 20 fenchurch nearly finished, it will be good to see this, the scalpel, heron plaza and 100 bishopsgate rising together, and with the other towers going up nearby at blackfriars and shoreditch, this cluster will look amazing, I'm still fuss appointed about the pinnacle thoe, have t heard anything about the redesign fir a while, it will go up but they are in danger of missing this property cycle if they don't act soon, the foundations, basements and seven floors of core are allready up, so when they restart it will start rising straight away, I just wish they would hurry up

[hughesnick312]

Nito, what do you think of the new hertsemere tower, I like the height but the design looks a bit dull, it looks like riverside south, I like all these residential towers but canary wharf has always been mostly about office towers, I hope they keep that ratio as I think office towers look more impressive than residential towers, but at least these residential towers are tall so I'm still happy