The City of London last month approved a skyscraper as tall as the Shard, currently known as 1 Undershaft, which will be 309.6 metres tall and will put the nearby 180 metre-high Gherkin in the shade ...

Glass is playing a key role in iconic skylines, and shaping the built environment around us. London has one of the most recognisable cityscapes in the world, yet many of the most famous buildings ...

A skyscraper the same height as The Shard has been approved by ... 309.6m (1015.8ft), will be situated between the Gherkin and the Cheesegrater buildings. It will be constructed following ...

Can a single building impact the career of an architect ... so radical that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they all dream ...

The Safra Group said the acquisition is consistent with “our real estate strategy of investing in properties that are truly special, at the best locations within great cities”. The Gherkin ...

The building known as 1 Undershaft will rise to 306.9 metres (1008ft) will exactly equal the height of the Shard across the ... of skyscrapers close to the Gherkin. It will also feature a 2,500 ...

London's had the Gherkin, the Cheese Grater and the ... London's tallest skyscraper and about 3ft shorter than the Shard, the UK's highest building. It will feature internal slides and moving ...