Foster & Partners’ Tulip was today rejected by the new communities secretary Michael Gove who said it contained “too many compromises to amount to world-class architecture”.

He also questioned the “highly unsustainable concept of using vast quantities of reinforced concrete”.

Gove threw out an appeal lodged by developer Bury Street Properties against the mayor of London’s decision to refuse planning for the tower. The City of London Corporation gave the scheme the green light in 2019 but Sadiq Khan overruled this.

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