London’s skyline to be transformed with 76 skyscrapers to be finished in 2019
The number of skyscrapers in UK capital hit 541 last year
THIS year a record number of skyscrapers will be built in London - transforming the iconic skyline of the capital.
A total of 76 buildings with 20 storeys or more are set to be finished in 2019, three times more than last year's total.
According to the London Tall Buildings Survey, the highest concentration will be in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in East London.The area includes Mile End, Bethnal Green and Whitechapel and used to be an area which housed the working classes of the East End.
But the rapidly developing districts will soon be home to 18 newly built skyscrapers.
The south London borough of Lambeth has the second highest concentration of skyscrapers set to be built - with 11 expected this year.
TOWER HAMLETS DEVELOPED
New high rises will be erected in Lambeth's Nine Elms Point, Embassy Gardens in Wandsworth and the Chelsea Waterfront.
Buildings already underway and set to be completed this year are the Can of Ham at St Mary Axe in the financial district and 22 Bishopsgate.
The boroughs of Camden, Barnet and Hounslow are currently building their first skyscrapers.
One of the buildings set to alter the London skyline is Newfoundland, or the Diamond Tower, a 220-metre tall residential building in the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets.
NEW LONDON SKYLINE
Last year the number of skyscrapers in the capital hit 541, according to New London Architecture and GL Hearn’s sixth annual London Tall Buildings Survey.
The survey shows there are 121 buildings currently under construction, the a record high ahead of 2017's 115.
Significant tall buildings in the pipeline after 2019 include the Spire, nicknamed the Flower Tower, set to stand 775ft tall in Canary Wharf by 2020.
'The Tulip', a 1,000ft tall building featuring external viewing gondolas as well as bars and restaurants, is set to become the tallest building in London after the Shard.
It was designed by Foster + Partners, the same company who designed the Gherkin and will have a 360-degree view of the city which developers hope will attract one million visitors.
Plans for the new build were submitted to the City of London Corporation yesterday after a year of discussions and work is expected to start in 2020.
A computer-generated image of Ravensbourne Wharf, a new 26-storey tower which is planned for Greenwich in south-east London
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