Beetham have submitted their 175m London tower for approval. If this gets approval, It should start straight away. It could start late next year.

From Beetham

"Planning has been submitted to Southwark Council for a 52-storey glass tower that will combine 64 super luxury residences, a 261 bedroom super luxury hotel operated by Jumeirah, together with a public viewing gallery at the top of the building. The 64 spectacular residences are situated on the top floors of the building offering spectacular views of London.

Completion of this development is planned for 2011 in time for the London 2012 Games."

The new design:

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Thank you Jef for the news

Posted by Jef on SSC -


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I was going to say that I still liked it, but are you sure it's the new design ?
In left picture below, I counted about 70 floors, like the old version.

The top 2 are definately the new design (which bascially mean't the original was cut in height by around 40M). Not sure about the bottom 2- maybe they are before & after shots

Timelapse video of the Willis Building under construction, March 2005 - September 2006:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6EaOrH6fW4



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short video by me representing CW in 2012, well most buildings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvQWgCP-3x0

It's been so long I've seen those renderings, I can't wait to see the construction starting ! :)

Fantastic reading/viewing - all looks very good :)

Has anygone got anything about redevelopment of London's major railway termini?

for those interested:

short vid of the City of London 2012 in Google Earth.
Tallest (150m+) 3D buildings with texture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWVmstEJdg

Both those vids are pretty sweet. :) any plans on adding more stuff to the models?

Thanks :)
Yes, next step is to incorporate all 50m+ buildings in the City.

I was just in London back in sept. I remember seeing that building from near the tower of london. While there i saw tons and ton of cranes and new buildings getting built. :yes:

News of another skyscraper for the City.

This is planned for the Bishopsgate Goods Yard site, and is going into planning later this year.

If built, it will stand opposite the Broadgate Tower (165m) and the Northgate Tower (180m, also in planning). Based on this early model, it looks at least 200m -


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If you include EVERYTHING currently planned for London - even those towers in pre-planning - then it looks like this...

Green = completed | Blue = proposed | Red = under construction


London Bridge Tower 310m
Bishopsgate Tower 288m
1 Canada Square 235m
Heron Tower 242m
122 Leadenhall 225m
North Quay tower one 216m
Heron Quays West one 214m
Riverside South tower one 214m
North Quay tower three 203m
20 Blackfriars Road 200m
8 Canada Square 200m
25 Canada Square 200m
Riverside South tower two 189m
BT Tower 191m
Tower 42 183m
St George's Wharf 181m
Northgate 181m
Vauxhall Bondway 180m
30 St Mary Axe 180m
Beetham Tower 175m
Vauxhall Cross tower one 170m
Bevis Marks House 168m
Doon Street Tower 168m
100 Bishopsgate 165m
Broadgate Tower 165m
20 Fenchurch Street 160m
1 Churchill Place 156m
Croydon Gateway 155m
Heron Quays West tower two 155m
40 Bank Street 153m
25 Bank Street 153m
10 Upper Bank Street 151m
Merchant Square 150m

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That's 33 buildings over 150m. And a few which are just under -

Pan Peninsula Tower 147m
Multiplex Living Tower 147m
First Base Tower 147m
Guys Hospital 143m
Wood Wharf tower one 140m
Wood Wharf tower two 140m
East India Dock Road tower 138m
Marsh Wall block two 137m
New Providence Wharf Building C 136m
London Eye 135m

very nice pics

@wj - how many of those are in CW or in the City?

The ones marked with an asterisk (*) are in the City. The ones marked with a hash symbol (#) are in Canary Wharf -


London Bridge Tower 310m
* Bishopsgate Tower 288m
# 1 Canada Square 235m
* Heron Tower 242m
* 122 Leadenhall 225m
# North Quay tower one 216m
# Heron Quays West one 214m
# Riverside South tower one 214m
# North Quay tower three 203m
20 Blackfriars Road 200m
# 8 Canada Square 200m
# 25 Canada Square 200m
# Riverside South tower two 189m
BT Tower 191m
* Tower 42 183m
St George's Wharf 181m
* Northgate 181m
Vauxhall Bondway 180m
* 30 St Mary Axe 180m
Beetham Tower 175m
Vauxhall Cross tower one 170m
* Bevis Marks House 168m
Doon Street Tower 168m
* 100 Bishopsgate 165m
* Broadgate Tower 165m
* 20 Fenchurch Street 160m
# 1 Churchill Place 156m
Croydon Gateway 155m
# Heron Quays West tower two 155m
# 40 Bank Street 153m
# 25 Bank Street 153m
# 10 Upper Bank Street 151m
Merchant Square 150m


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# Pan Peninsula Tower 147m
Multiplex Living Tower 147m
First Base Tower 147m
Guys Hospital 143m
# Wood Wharf tower one 140m
# Wood Wharf tower two 140m
# East India Dock Road tower 138m
# Marsh Wall block two 137m
# New Providence Wharf Building C 136m
London Eye 135m

Having visited London recently, UNESCO are recommending that LBT and the Bishopsgate Tower be cancelled, or the Tower of London could lose its "World Heritage" status. Please sign this petition to the Mayor of London -

http://www.petitiononline.com/ldntower/petition.html

I just signed, # 303 :D

Three new developments are available as prelet opportunity in CW (cfr. Canarywharfoffices) with delivery anticipated in 2009 (10 CP and 30 NC) and 2010 (RS). Leasing agents are Knight Frank and
CB Richard Ellis

10 Churchill Place (situated in between 20 Canada Square (McGraw Hill & BP) & State Street’s new HQ under construction)

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30 The North Colonnade situated in between the new KPMG HQ at 15 Canada Square & Barclays HQ at One Churchill Place):

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Riverside South (situated immeditately to the south of the Four Seasons hotel, close to Westferry Circus)

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Last pic shows the view from Barclays tower (2003). Taken by Stuart.

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Enabling works have now started on Soutwhark Towers.

The revised development programme:

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Great news!

Fantastic news so demolition will start in October:)

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3080952

Olympic masterplan unveiled

6 February, 2007

By Vikki Miller

The Olympic Delivery Authority submits a 10,000 page planning application for the Olympic Park

The transformation of east London began today with the submission of a 10,000 page planning application for the Olympic Park for the 2012 games.

The 15-volume document outlining the Olympic Park masterplan, drawn up by an EDAW-led team including Allies & Morrison, HOK Sport, Foreign Office Architects and Buro Happold, is thought to be one of the biggest planning applications in European history.

It lays out the ODA’s proposals for 246 hectares including sports venues, infrastructure, utilities and open spaces.

The new plans show the changes to the original Olympic Park proposal in the bid. These include: relocating the international broadcast centre and main press centre to within the park boundary and a scaled back layout of venues and park facilities.

The planning application is made up of two elements: one for site preparation and the other for construction of the Olympic Park and the legacy for east London.

The site preparation document includes:

* Remediation, demolition and earthworks to prepare the land for construction
* Extensive works to waterways, including the construction of new river walls and flood defence walls

The Olympic and legacy application includes:

* The construction of 5 permanent venues (Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velopark, Handball Arena, Eton Manor) and 3 temporary sporting venues (Basketball Arena, Hockey Venue, Fencing Venue)
* The construction of an International Broadcast Centre / Main Press Centre
* 11 permanent highway bridges and 13 permanent footbridges
* Above ground utilities, including: A wind turbine which will provide 6% of the Olympic Site’s energy requirements and in legacy will provide energy for the local community

David Higgins, chief executive of the ODA, said it was time to move to the next stage of the project.

He said: “We are ‘locking-in legacy’ at a very early stage – five and a half years before the Games begin – and we now move from the planning phase to the next stage of the Olympic Park project – what we are calling ‘Making the Park 3D – Demolition, Dig and Design’ which will take us to Beijing.”

The planning application will be assessed by the ODA’s planning committee. A decision is expected later this year.

The application also outlines a commitment to prepare a separate document, a legacy masterplan framework, which will focus on post-Olympic delivery or residential, commercial.



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I'll be sending my petition to Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) by the end of this week.

Anyone who hasn't signed it yet, please do so!

http://www.petitiononline.com/ldntower/petition.html

Many thanks for your support :tup:



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Just some picture taken from Flickr.

Sums up the place for me.

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Riverside South has been redesigned, and given a height increase to 236m and 191m.

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Revised planning application for East India Dock Road submitted:

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The design of Richard Rogers' 44 storey tower for Elephant & Castle, the London Park Hotel, has been revealed:

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The Tate Extension has been approved:

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240 Blackfriars has been approved:

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Wellesley Square tower proposed for Croydon:

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Some really great projects here. I like the gold color of the East India Dock Road project. :D

bit of news:
- Ballymore has confirmed construction start on its Arrowhead Quay scheme in Canary Wharf.
- In the City, Land Securities has indicated 20 Fenchurch Street will not be completed before 2012 at the earliest (if planning permission is granted). They will seek development partner or significant prelet before starting construction. Instead they will build the mixed-use scheme at One New Change without any development partner after Beacon left the joint venture last year.
- British Land has appointed Bovis Lend Lease to build its Leadenhall tower in the heart of the City.

This is a very nice photo :eek:

An interesting exhibition will be held at New London Architecure on 25 May - 26 June. (http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/forthcoming.php)

DOCKLANDS REVISITED
A NEW HEART FOR LONDON'S HISTORIC WATERWAYS

with focus on regeneration projects including those around Canada Water and Silvertown Quays.

Bovis Lend Lease will start construction on British Land's new flagship development at 122 Leadenhall Street in Spring 2007. At 225m, it will be the tallest skyscrapers in the City when completed in late 2010.

Thanks Jef

:)
Arab Investments is in talks with French construction company Bouygues to build the Pinnacle / Bishopsgate Tower with start date in Spring 2008.

BL have confirmed they are carrying out construction of the Leadenhall building so as soon as demolish of the current sites is complete they will crack straight on with constructing the tower which should be rising sometime in 2008

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bit of news:

- Planning permission for the revised scheme at Riverside South - Phase 2 (CW) will be granted at next Strategic Planning Committee (21 June). Delivery of the 3 buildings is planned to be phased between Jan. 2011 and July 2012.

- HSBC plans massive job cuts at its European HQ office in Canary Wharf and to sublet up to half a million sq ft. Clifford Chance is also marketing 80,000 sq ft of space at its London headquarters at Canary Wharf and The Telegraph has vacated around 140,000 sq ft at 1 Canada Square. Ballymore has commenced construction on its 800,000 sq ft speculative development at Arrowhead Quay. There is a further 400,000 sq ft of speculative space under construction at Churchill Place.

- British Land has identified 4 Broadgate as a redevelopment prospect for a new tower scheme with substantially increased floor areas. Construction is due to commence early in 2009. British Land is also exploring the possibilities of higher rise development in other areas and/or adding extra floors to some existing buildings.

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The website of the Arrowhead tower u/c in Canary Wharf: http://www.arrowheade14.co.uk/

The website of The Walbrook (low-rise) http://www.thewalbrook.co.uk/

The website of Canary Wharf Contractors: http://www.cwcontractors.com
with an update of current projects u/c in CW.

Lots of news in London at the mo: GPE will start in Jan. 2009 its stunning tower scheme at Blackfriars Road with delivery planned in April 2011. As indicated above this coincides with BL starting construction on a new tower at 4 Broadgate early in 2009. GPE also plans in the medium term a new tower at Thomas Street, next to the proposed Shard of Glass.

Have to say Arrowhead Quay is deathly dull. They submitted a few ideas for cladding & appear to have gone for the dullest- yyyyyyyyyyawn.

Activity seems to have picked up at last on Riverside Phase 2:

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Westiminster Council and English Heritage have presented the new buffer zone to protect the world heritage staus of Westminster. Proposed towers to be impacted are Morgan Stanley's and P&O's Elizabeth House and the Land Sec. developments at Victoria. EH has also made it clear they will call in the Beetham residential tower and Doon Street residential tower in Southwark if they are approved.

Good news re. the residential development at 22 Marsh Wall / Canary Wharf.

Young Property Portfolio manager has purchased the freehold of the 45-storey East Tower, also to be known as "The Landmark" for £400 million. The acquisition comes 6 months after the firm purchased the 31-storeys West Tower.

The 45-storeys tower will be marketed to both private and institutional investors. The development will be built by Chalegrove Properties.

Completion is due in 2010.

Other news: Qatar and Dubai investors and Gulf-based funds who bought the forthcoming 288m Pinnacle and 202m Heron Tower in the City have teamed up to create a new vehicle looking at investing oil-money into other development opportunities in Central London.

This is something I've been working on for the last few days, and which hopefully illustrates the sheer scale
of transformation occuring across London.

The pano itself was taken from a block of flats in Forest Hill. It was publicly accessible and I was able to reach
the 7th floor. Every cluster can be seen here - from Battersea to Lambeth, Westminster, Elephant & Castle,
Southwark, The City, right the way through to Greenwich, Canary Wharf and the Docklands.

I used Google Earth to get some of the heights and locations accurate. There are probably some midrises and
smaller towers I've left off, but the important ones are all there. More than 50% of what you see here either
has planning permission, or is undergoing demolition/construction work.

To be honest, it's more like 2015 than 2012... I've included things like the Broadgate Centre expansion,
Bishopsgate Goodsyard, Heron Quays West, Vauxhall Bondway, etc. which are longer term developments.
Anyway, this is the largest rendering I've ever done. Hope you like it. :)

Here's a "before and after" -




2007


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2012


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I'm simply amazed.

Great work :tup:

I'm keeping my fingers crossed over LBT. London can and, I hope, will show some good stuff in the nearest future. :tup: