LONDON | Project Compilation Thread

[wjfox2004]

Click here for a MASSIVE panorama of the London skyline, taken a couple of weeks ago -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=380

Numerous different projects can be seen here, including a demolition crane on the LBT site.

(17458 × 2904 pixels, courtesy of Diliff on Wikipedia)

[Swede]

Saw that pan on SSC, not just an amazing view of London but also very very fine work in creating the pan (no weird stitching or warping that I could see at all).

Also, what's up with Crossrail? I saw it got approval from the goverment. which reminds me, are the long-term plans for Crossrail 2 & 3 around (even if they are for the looong term) or have they been scrapped altogether?

[wjfox2004]

^ Yep, Crossrail is approved. It's the biggest rail project in the northern hemisphere. Not sure about Crossrail 2/3.


Here's a new proposal for West London - The Broadway Leaf.

143m/40 floors

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1140

[Jonovision]

Great tower! And the base is amazing! So very open, I love it!

[wjfox2004]

And here are some STUNNING views from the roof, taken by mukkjoy on SSC -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17589045@N07/

[Fabb]

The Broadway Leaf looks really good. Imaginative and elegant.

[Fabb]

The shard of glass, a good news released today :

The Qatari government is understood to be close to buying most of the troubled Shard of Glass development, increasing the likelihood that Italian architect Renzo Piano's vision will be realised.

Under the deal, the Qataris will take about 80pc of the £400m development, buying out stakes owned by Syrian-born Simon Halabi and property company CLS.

This will leave Irvine Sellar, who has been working on the 600,000 sq.ft tower for many years, with a minority interest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...cnshard124.xml

[-AX-]

Hey just arrived in London for a 6 month stay. I'm currently staying at intl students house and there's a big construction site acros the street with 6 red tower cranes, a concrete core is growing... Do you have rendreings for that building? Sorry if it has already been posted, didn't want to go through all the posts! Thanks!

[jef]

QINVEST, an Islamic Investment bank operating in Qatar, is tipped to finance the construction of the Shard of Glass.
It follows comments formulated by QInvest CEO Abdullatif Almeer. Overall QINVEST would take part in developing a $2.9 bn real estate project in London.
I reckon discussions are at preliminary stage. Other possible projects include Minerva's Walbrook currently under construction.

Wait and see...

[jef]

KPMG and Fimalac (Fitch and Algorimithcs) new hq in Canary Wharf:

[jef]

Apartments in the new tower at Baltimore Wharf North Boulevard have been on sale for some time to private and institutional investors. Public launch will follow in late 2008.
Another rendering from Quebec Building u/c in Canary Wharf next to Ontario Tower:

[jef]

Minerva's Walbrook:

[White Shadows]

Originally Posted by jef

Minerva's Walbrook:

Beautiful! Very nice!
This project was built?

[jef]

[jef]

The Landmark (CW) last month:

[subterranean]

This is the slowest thread ever.

[Newcastle Kid]

Originally Posted by subterranean

This is the slowest thread ever.

Yeah, considering London has what are probably the best skyscraper projects in Europe you would think it would have more attention.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Kid

Yeah, considering London has what are probably the best skyscraper projects in Europe you would think it would have more attention.

My thoughts exactly. There was a ton of stuff going on there while I was there over the summer. Hell, I even updated this forum once, and I don't live there.

[jef]

couple of news:

- request for scoping opinion has been deposited for the site at 1 Park Place (between Cabot Square and Westferry Circus), likely to contain an office development up to 50,000 sqm;

- request for scoping opinion has been deposited for the site at 30 Marsh Wall (next to the Landmark)

- Works at Heron Quays West (3 interlinked towers) to start on or before 31 August 2008.

- new 17 storeys development to be built at Galleon Quays, adjacent to Poplar dock marina, near Canary Wharf:

[jef]

Indescon Court Phase 2 (95m agl), near Canary Wharf, a couple of pics:
3D Models to follow on flickr.