Could this really be what London might look like?

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London_calling

Wow I hope so, it looks amazing! However, we can't have really tall buildings in London because the ground can't take all the weight unlike Manhattan which is rock.

Avondrow

Hmm, Manhatten on Thames. I hope not, but there's an old cabbie joke that London will be a fine city, when it's finished!

manxbiker

I very sincerely hope not they have ruined London enough with some of the stupid and ugly buildings that have been put up look at that stupid gherkin thing to start with the sooner that is knocked down the better in my opinion

It would ba good move. Building upwards saves land, and the land is not getting any bigger.

The problem for London is that soft ground makes building so high quite difficult. The Canary Wharf is said to be at the absolute limit of weight the ground there can take.

I should be doing something else

I doubt it if the ground in London can't take the weight but it does look class =]

Pedestal42

Possibly, but there are definite constraints and problems, apart from any aestheic preferences.

As Ed and Aidant have correctly said: London stands on clay, not hard rock, and this makes building tall much more difficult.

There are already infrastructure difficulties servicing the commuting of the current central London population.
Unless the plan is to have people live and work in or near the square mile (expensive!?), transport issues may choke off development.

And while the sea level is rising, the south east of England is sinking, and London is sinking faster than that... (the clay, again)
The Thames barrier is only warranted for another 22 years, and to 2090 if it gets bigger gates.
After that, there isn't yet any plan to defend London from disastrous flooding, but any such would be an massive project, and could drastically influence any development plans

LONDONER В©

Probably, it looks horrible with those extra tall buildings but given that there's already limited ground space, the only way is up, literally

Ryan

Maybe. I hope so because that looks amazing!

London's always been a fascinating and innovative city architecturally and building skyscrapers is part of that.

At least they have character like the Swiss Re tower and aren't just lumps of concrete like lots of modern buildings.

LisaC123

y not?

qwertytash

looks quiet cool :).

And yeah it probably would or it would just get worse.

James C

you can check it there http://123phototravel.blogspot.com/2008/01/london-england.html

Jasmine H

It doesn't look much different from what it looks like now.

taxed till i die,

Pretty rubbish if it does.

Monster man 89

maybe who knows

SPLNTR

Im sure , given time, Imagine what it must have looked like 300 yrs ago.

Chewyconor

easily. i think its a waste of culture to allow towers in central london. keep it old and traditional i say!!! it is just so much better, who cares if it would increase the economy, i pales into insignificance of losing something priceless.

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