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Inside L ondon |


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City skyline reaches new heights


After creeping slowly into shape from the emergence of the rebuilt St Paul’s Cathedral from the ashes in 1710, through the likes of Centrepoint and on to the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, the 21st Century has seen the London skyline transformed as at no other point in history. Where landmarks were once named with a nod


to their owners or origins – the BT Tower, the Nat West Tower – we now look out on a landscape of nicknames; the Shard, the Gherkin, the Walkie Talkie and Cheesegrater. Moving up in the world was largely the result


of a new approach by Ken Livingston when he was Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008 and a trend for taller buildings was encouraged. Few high rise buildings appeared in London


before the late 20th century, thanks to a restriction on building heights originally imposed by the London Building Act of 1894. Restrictions eased a long time ago although there are still strict regulations in place to preserve protected views, in particular those of St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London and Palace of Westminster, as well as to comply with the requirements of the Civil Aviation Authority.


One Canada Square T e iconic structure at the heart of Canary Wharf, very much led the way, becoming London’s tallest building at 235 metres (770 feet) when it was completed in 1991, and remains Britain’s third tallest to this day. T e original plans for the building, designed by


Cesare Pelli, were part of a proposed group of three towers, all standing at 260 metres, and were bought by Olympia & York group in 1987. T eir location, in what was originally to be known as Docklands Square was later renamed Canada Square and all three towers – now known as One Canada Square, 8 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square were eventually built. T e second and third towers each stand at 660 feet. Fact File: T e 50-storey offi ce comprises serviced


offi ces, it has 3,960 windows and 4,388 steps in four fi re stairways, and there are 32 passenger lifts.


The Shard Standing 309.6 metres high, the Shard at London Bridge was completed in 2012 and is the UK’s tallest building – incorporating an open-air viewing platform on Level 72, and a main viewing platform on Level 69. It started with developer and joint owner Irvine


Sellar’s vision to create an architecturally striking vertical city incorporating retail, offices, hotel, apartments, restaurants and a public viewing gallery.


“T e 50-storey offi ce comprises serviced offi ces,


it has 3,960 windows and 4,388 steps in four fi re stairways, and there are 32 passenger lifts.”


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