The controversial Tulip skyscraper in the City was granted planning approval today despite huge concerns about its impact on historic views of London.
The decision by the City of London Corporation’s planning committee paves the way for the 305.3-metre high structure on Bury Street, which will be western Europe’s second tallest building after the Shard.
— Evening Standard
Despite all controversy surrounding the 1,000-foot-tall Tulip Tower, the Foster + Partners-designed project appears to have breezed through the approval process since it was first unveiled last November.
"This building—a lift shaft with a bulge on top—would damage the very thing its developers claim they will deliver—tourism and views of London’s extraordinary heritage," said Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, in his opposing opinion.
"The setting of the Tower of London, a symbol of the city not just to millions of Londoners but to the whole world and one of our most visited places, will be harmed. It has already been damaged by the Walkie Talkie and it would be a great shame if that mistake was repeated."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan still has to sign off the approval.
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will jennings has put together an insightful twitter thread exploring norman foster's 'architectural evolution,' from the early years with reliance controls and sainsbury centre for visual arts until more recent projects and all the way up to the tulip, which, so it appears, he isn't a fan of.
https://twitter.com/willjennings80/status/1113076937872769024
h/t mackenzie goldberg
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