Dive Brief:
- London appears to be a target-rich environment for companies that want to build urban high-rises.
- New London Architecture, a kind of building think tank, looked at construction that is underway, has approvals or its working its way through the permitting process and came up with at least 230 projects.
- Most designs are for 35 stories or more, and about 80% of them will be residential buildings.
Dive Insight:
The report says that designs, at least, call for all sorts of shapes to join the Shard and other distinctive towers in central London. One building, to be called Canaletto, is a 31-story residential structure for which drawings show numerous green terraces to the top of the building.