Reply With Quote^ Wha...? Where's the breathless commentary?
You're slipping, Nick.
New multi-tower development to the north of Canary Wharf that was just proposed, no actual name yet.
^ Wha...? Where's the breathless commentary?
You're slipping, Nick.
There isn't much known, other than the far tower is 45 storeys and the near tower is 32 storeys. The developers: Barratt Homes don't even have a name for it!
The only problem is that this is right under the flight path of London City Airport and would be the tallest tower development closest to the runway. The tallest tower looks to be 140m, but it could be taller depending on any spire and the actual floor-ceiling heights. Barratt is currently building across the road from where those two towers would be going up:
The three towers in the circle are the 75m Electron Towers - they aren't anything great, but they've sold out before construction began recently. This meant Barratt looked into trying to tap into this potential and the taller towers shown in my last post illustrate this.
Now plans are sketchy, but the two towers will reside either on the northern or southern side of the dual carriageway that runs parallel with the A13 (large road to the centre left). The raised viaduct is the Docklands Light Railway providing journeys to London City Airport in around 5mins, Canary Wharf in 5mins and Bank (ie Square Mile) in 14mins. The DLR East India station is located just to the left of the black circle. In the above view a whole spat of other towers are either u/c or being built. 10 years ago this was all wasteland, now the density of the locality has shot up as this is the convergence point for Canary Wharf, the Square Mile, London City Airport and Stratford City (construction on that massive development has begun: the 2012 Olympic Park and Stratford International Station is a part of that development).
Another view of the not-great Electron Towers u/c. The blue neon line which will go along the ground and up and around the buildings is the line of the Greenwich Meridian.
More we-could-be-anywhere architecture next to the we-could-anywhere architecture of Canary Wharf.
Naturally not every developer is going to be building award-winning skyscrapers.....because for that we have the show-case of the Square Mile.
Although saying that, Canary Wharf is unique for its position what with docks and canals splitting up the estate ensuring that poblic transportation and the pedestrian is kind. Add to that Fosters' tube station is alongside the Expo station in Singapore (also by Foster) one of the best modern underground railway stations ever conceived.
I can't wait for the 6 platform Heathrow Terminal 5 Station though - apparently thats going to be 4x the size of the Canary Wharf tube station and if anyone has been there will know. Infact all the JLLE stations are cool and if anyone wants the best pictures and indicators of what they look like, I advise people to get the The Jubilee Line Extension by Kenneth Powell (you can get it uber cheap from the Transport for London shop in Covent Garden or order online). 207 hardbacked pages of pure class:
http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/produc...=11&prod_id=18 (£4.99 or $9.25).
^The tube station is beautiful.... it´s just unfortunate that the building that really identifies Canary Wharf is a copy....a clone... of NY´s World Financial Center....almost as if Pelli had a sketch left over. The whole development of big, squat frootprints and rather un-original architecture is ...well, I guess it´s OK for a city that has had such homely modern architecture in the past.... I mean it IS an improvement.
That would make it at least the tallest development on the planet under the London City Airport flight path...Originally Posted by nick-taylor
I think most people these days would probably say the station is the key focus in Canary Wharf and while One Canada Square might look similar to the WFC, its completely different: cladding, floor plates and overall finish. One Canada Square's focus has also been affected by the other towers that have sprung up around it, while generally around the world - most skyscraper designs are practically the same, just with different tailoring so I don't see the relevance here.
Yet what I don't get is you don't like boxes but don't like Swiss RE, which couldn't be more further away from a box. I also don't get your comment with 'homely modern architecture', whats that meant to mean? I'm also unsure how its an improvement because there isn't anything like it anywhere else in the UK to improve upon!
I like boxes ....but there are jewel boxes, and then there are cereal boxes. Cucumbers are another story all together.
No, I think it has more to do with the fact that they're in London.
It has nothing to do with the fact that they´re in London. It´s just that, IMHO, "Great Adventure" has a nicer ferris wheel and Barcelona has a nicer cucumber (you know those Spaniards....).
Just off ot the right you can see the LIGHT bar (in a former power substation). One of the may itneresting bars within walkign distance of my office.
The glass thingy in the picture is going up even as I write this. too bad they never look all shiny and translucent in real life - waht a rip!
Frabrizio - Yeah of course
The Broadgate Tower & 201 Bishopsgate currently look like this:
The approach tracks into London Liverpool Street are underneath the site. You can even see one of the old bridges that crossed the railways. The tower itself unfortunately is a bit away from the main cluster meaning until the Norton Folgate towers and others crop up, this will look like a bit of a larry.
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What a mess.
Fabrizio - Its a construction site, what do you expect....please just take your comments elsewhere.
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