Archinect - News 2024-11-21T15:35:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/142973838/design-revealed-for-1-undershaft-london-s-tallest-skyscraper-by-the-thinking-developer-s-architect Design revealed for 1 Undershaft, London's tallest skyscraper by the "thinking developer’s architect" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-12-09T12:55:00-05:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ce/cefsu5ravckdg74g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>After a decade of outlandish proposals for the City, Parry has come up with a refreshingly blunt stick of a building for the centrepiece of the district&rsquo;s &ldquo;cluster&rdquo; of office blocks. [...] &ldquo;The thing that&rsquo;s most interesting in all this is urban design,&rdquo; says Parry, deflecting the discussion away from the fact that he is penning the City&rsquo;s tallest totem. He&rsquo;s more concerned with fixing the human experience at street level: &ldquo;The project is really all about public space.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Soon to join the "great dinner party in the sky," between <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/55220775/rogers-stirk-harbour-partners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rogers Strik Harbour + Partners</a>' Cheesegrater and <a href="http://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>' Gherkin, 1 Undershaft will be as tall as The Shard (the maximum height limit for the city). According to The Guardian, the building was also designed to have a triangular cap, but city planners didn't want to add to the line-up of "overt shape[s]" already crowding London's skyline.</p><p>For more current projects in London:</p><ul><li><a title="Has London finally found a Thames bridge that everyone can get behind?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/141841403/has-london-finally-found-a-thames-bridge-that-everyone-can-get-behind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Has London finally found a Thames bridge that everyone can get behind?</a></li><li><a title="With city's approval, London &quot;The Stump&quot; Pinnacle celebrates resurrection as 22 Bishopsgate" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/141304606/with-city-s-approval-london-the-stump-pinnacle-celebrates-resurrection-as-22-bishopsgate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">With city's approval, London "The Stump" Pinnacle celebrates resurrection as 22 Bishopsgate</a></li><li><a title="Southwark planners nix 'crude and literal' rocket-shaped flats" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138420803/southwark-planners-nix-crude-and-literal-rocket-shaped-flats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Southwark planners nix 'crude and literal' rocket-shaped flats</a></li><li><a title="Arrested development: London's tallest building-to-be slated for demolition" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/134799180/arrested-development-london-s-tallest-building-to-be-slated-for-demolition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arrested development: London's tallest building-to-be slated for demolition</a></li></ul>