London to get stunning new tower
I'm really excited, after 3 years of planning enquiries the "shard of glass' is to be be built just south of London Bridge. This is to be a fully mixed use development, not just an uber-office block. It's going to be amazing, beautiful and another London icon. Check out the website for info and CGI's.London Bridge Tower by Renzo Piano Any thoughts?
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Originally posted by Northgate
Looks like a great project. Should be a great icon for the city.
Yes it is a lovely design..but beyond that ....?
IMO It is just another enormous waste of money...like the huge ferris wheel & millenium dome fiasco.
What is wrong with your politicians ?
London has become an overcrowded city that needs as much money as it can get its hands on to help its desperately poor & homeless.
Just think of the thousands of "cardboard box " people that could be fed & housed instead.
Shame....\
Originally posted by Aquafire
Yes it is a lovely design..but beyond that ....?
IMO It is just another enormous waste of money...like the huge ferris wheel & millenium dome fiasco.
What is wrong with your politicians ?
London has become an overcrowded city that needs as much money as it can get its hands on to help its desperately poor & homeless.
Just think of the thousands of "cardboard box " people that could be fed & housed instead.
Shame....\
Dude!
The London Eye (Ferris wheel) ROCKS! Everyone loves it. Fiasco it ain't ... the Dome, now that is a joke.
I truly don't understand your point about cardboard box people. This is a private development, and your statement is ... well ... socialist ... (not that I mind that personally so much) ...
That being said, as presented, it's hard to understand just what's proposed -- how is the facade broken down? What are the materials? Is it three converging planes, from a largish base to a scraping top, or just an enormous glass teepee?
It's all in the details.
::judgment withheld::