New CGI pictures of how the London skyline will look by the mid 2020s show 12 new skyscrapers towering over the City. The latest images of the Square Mile’s skyline have been released depicting familiar buildings such as the Cheesegrater and The Gherkin dwarfed by the new mega structures. A total of 13 huge new buildings are in the pipeline for the City of London as part of the authority s plan for 2036 - two of which have already been completed and a further 10 have been approved and are either being built or due to start work soon. Some of the buildings in the City seem to have been built into odd shapes - this is to make it still possible to view St Paul s Cathedral from Parliament Hill, Alexandra Palace, King Henry s Mound in Richmond and from Greenwich Park.
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1/3 New image showing how the Square Mile’s skyline will look by the mid 2020s
Source: Didier Madoc Jones of GMJ and City of London Corporation
2/3 These images, published by the City of London Corporation show all major developments which have been approved by the City s committee over the past 12 months
Source: Didier Madoc Jones of GMJ and City of London Corporation
3/3 Newly-approved building featured in the images include: 50 Fenchurch Street, 55 Gracechurch Street, 60 Aldgate High Street, 70 Gracechurch Street and 2-3 Finsbury Avenue.
Source: Didier Madoc Jones of GMJ and City of London Corporation
City Corporation releases new CGI images of the future City skyline What is city talk?
CGI Image Credit: ‘Didier Madoc-Jones of GMJ / City of London Corporation’
The City of London Corporation has today (6 May) released updated images visualising how the Square Mile’s skyline will look by the mid 2020’s.
The new images capture all major developments which have been resolved to approve by the City Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee over the past 12 months including 50 Fenchurch Street, 55 Gracechurch Street, 60 Aldgate High Street, 70 Gracechurch Street and 2-3 Finsbury Avenue.
The majority of these tall buildings fall within the ‘City Cluster’ area, located in the eastern corner of the Square Mile, which is already home to some of the capital’s most iconic skyscrapers.
Pedestrians walking in the streets of the City of London. Photo: AFP
Offices in London s City finance district left empty by the pandemic will be transformed into at least 1,500 new homes by the end of the decade, the City of London Corporation said recently.
The governing body which runs The Square Mile unveiled plans to work with the property industry to refurbish and develop deserted buildings, including for culture, retail, hospitality and start-ups.
The announcement comes as many office workers have permanently adopted remote work during the pandemic, leaving prime real estate vacant in Britain s historic financial centre.
The corporation s head of planning and transportation, Alastair Moss, said the City – home to some of the world s major blue chip firms – would adapt and prove resilient .
As history shows, the City of London is nothing if not adaptable and this remarkable
ability to reinvent itself in response to economic and social trends lies at the heart
of its success. Throughout the centuries, the resilience of the Square Mile has meant
that, whatever adversity it is hit with – great fires, plagues or wars – it has always
managed to rebuild itself better.
The publication last week of an action plan by the City of London Corporation’s
Recovery Taskforce is the latest example of this ability to always look ahead. As our
economy starts to reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic, this Taskforce – led by the