So you thought it would be a quiet year this year did you? 6-8 Bishopsgate, the skyscraper proposal that Murphy Jahn has long been rumoured to have been working on for German Investment bank DIFA looks set to finally become reality with the planning application due to be filed in time for Easter. Read More The growth further and further east in London of the skyscraper looks set to continue with the an ambitious planning application made by News International, the newspaper publisher, for new developments on their site to create a new headquarters complex. Read More Leeds is to see another new high-rise proposal with the announcement of what will be the city's tallest development at the Plaza on Claypit Lane between Hepworth House and the main road. The architect Carey Jones have designed this residential proposal containing 570 flats for Unite. Read More Manchester which has seen a glut of medium rise proposals over the past few years looks set to get it's first 500ft+ planned skyscraper with the proposals for a landmark tower in the Castlefield area of the city which is currently being redeveloped. Read More English Heritage have decided not to oppose what will be the City of London's tallest building if built, the Minerva Tower for St Boltophs House. The ambitious building group who have recently made moves towards buying Allders department stores have applied for planning permission for a tower of roughly 215m. Read More |
Contary to the ever accurate reporting of the anti-skyscraper Evening Standard, Chelsfield have not cancelled the 132m tall Grand Union Building in Paddington which has recently started construction. Read More Could the new Sheffield proposal at Chesham House be growing? We've heard word that the height of the building is steadily increasing as the architect are convincing the developer to get more density onto the site by building taller and taller having grown twice in the past few weeks. Read More It's coming up to public inquiry time for London Bridge Tower which is make or break for the whole project. SN.com takes a closer look at what will be if finished one of Europes finest skyscrapers. Read More Birmingham looks set to get a new tower with release of renderings for a proposal off Colmore Row. Colmore Tower at 95m to the roof and 110m to the spire it is one of a growing range of towers of a similar height that has been proposed as Birmingham council continues to push it's ambitious high-rise plans despite the relative failure of Arena Central which has been substantially reduced in height. Read More |