Yet more tall buildings are coming to London. Ten are planned for the City alone and each has the potential to transform our capital’s skyline, which has seen radical change over the past decade. Some tall buildings are undeniably well-designed and elegant but I share Anna van Praagh’s concerns in her piece last week over the quality of others currently looming over London.
London is still largely low-rise and each tower exerts a powerful, wide-reaching impact. Among those proposed for the City is one above the Grade II-listed Liverpool Street Station, which would not only impact one of London’s finest Victorian stations but its sheer bulk means it would encroach on views of landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral. With misguided schemes like this on the horizon, surely it is time to take a more considered approach?
