Love them or loathe them, it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic.
According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration. A total of 35 tower blocks were finished last year.
The 42-storey “cucumber” tower at Paddington’s Merchant Square was finished last year. It has 436 flats and is now west London’s tallest appartment block.
But Nine Elms saw the completion of an even taller skyscraper – the 53-storey One Thames City.