skyscrapers

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Viewing Deck Dropped From Boomerang Tower

Blackfriars skyscraper will no longer have public-accessible sky deck.

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Vertical Rush: Climb One Of London’s Tallest Buildings

Got what it takes to climb 920 steps for Shelter?

The building with more up top.

Walkie Talkie Building Rapidly Growing In City

The bulbous skyscraper appears on the skyline.

The Imperial Monument Halls and Tower, drawn up in 1904 for a site beside the Houses of Parliament

Unbuilt London: Tall Towers And Strange Skyscrapers

Paying tribute to the skyscrapers and towers that could have graced the London skyline.

The Heron Tower at dusk.

Heron Spotting In The City Of London

Heron Tower, The Heron, Heron Plaza…can you tell them apart?

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Want To Work In The Shard?

New scheme launched to help local residents compete for jobs in western Europe’s tallest building.

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Video: The Shard From The Air

Growing skyscraper gets the Christopher Nolan treatment.

Anyone for Tetris?

Work Resumes On Canary Wharf’s Tallest Building

Riverside South moves a step closer to actuality.

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Construction Of Walkie-Talkie Tower Begins

It’s fat at the top and thin down below; some think it’s great, but others say No! Work on the divisive ‘walkie-talkie’ tower on Fenchurch Street is under way.

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Heron Plaza Granted Planning Permission

The City of London has granted planning permission to the Heron Plaza, a 150m tower on Bishopsgate just a stone’s throw from its skyscraping namesake.

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London’s Tallest Residential Tower To Be Built In Croydon?

Ah, Croydon: that urban blank slate upon which a developer’s quixotic dreams can be drawn. Emerging relatively unscathed from its mid-Noughties flirtation with becoming the Manhattan of Britain, there are some fresh new schemes being hatched. Take, for instance, this tower by architect Make, part …