All City of London articles
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News
WilkinsonEyre drawing up plans for 150m tower on site of scrapped Farshid Moussavi scheme
Investor hoping to build up to 32 storeys on 130 Fenchurch street under plans being drawn up by Wilkinson Eyre
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News
Wilkinson Eyre unveils plans to redevelop City’s postmodern Minster Court complex
Two thirds of GMW’s neo-gothic office cluster would become 23-storey tower under early proposals
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Opinion
From Miesian cool to urban discord: Why the new 1 Undershaft scheme misses the mark
As developers push for more floorspace at 1 Undershaft, the historic St Andrew Undershaft church and St Helen’s Piazza face significant disruption, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Opinion
Imagining the City of London’s future: Speculative scenarios and adaptive strategies
From becoming an independent city state, to a heritage zone or thriving mixed-use hub, Kat Hanna speculates on the City’s possible futures
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Opinion
The City’s latest conservation area helps protect London’s diverse heritage
The new heritage zone offers welcome protection against loss of daylight and privacy, writes Dan Press
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News
City of London Corporation approves retrofit first policy
Planners want revamps rather than new builds where “this is the most sustainable and suitable approach for a site”
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Building Study
Technical Study: 8 Bishopsgate by Wilkinson Eyre
Like its neighbour the Cheesegrater, the latest addition to the City skyline – Wilkinson Eyre’s 8 Bishopsgate – had to avoid impinging on views of St Paul’s
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Opinion
Why the City welcomes Arup’s report into the future of office space
The Corporation’s City Plan 2040 aims to boost activity in the Square Mile by encouraging high quality new office development and creating greater diversity of uses, writes Shravan Joshi
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Opinion
A disaster foretold: how a decade of high-rise architecture has blighted London’s skyline
Nine years on from NLA’s ‘London’s Growing Up’ exhibition, Barbara Weiss assesses the impact tall buildings have had on the capital
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News
Architecture 00 and Studio Weave get Finsbury Circus go-ahead
Planners approve proposals for new pavilion and “biodiverse” revamp of London’s oldest public park