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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jonathan Prynn and Prudence Ivey

London's skyscraper boom: Scores of towering new high rises set to be built across capital

Developers are planning to build scores of new tall buildings across London over the next few years in a remarkable skyscraper boom that shows no sign of slowing.

From the City to the suburbs, towers of at least 20 storeys — the industry definition of a tall building — are going up at a pace that has huge implications for the capital’s skyline for decades, if not centuries, to come.

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