A London Architect has taken all the plans for skyscrapers in the planning stages in London and created a chilling vision of the future London Skyline – which will be punctuated by ever taller towers.
In David Edwards’ concept designs, wind turbines are built on the Thames, Waterloo Bridge is transformed into a garden, and The Shard is upstaged by a series of pointed skyscrapers all over the city. Edwards developed the concepts to promote the sci-fi film The Machine, released in UK cinemas earlier this year.
There are currently 236 buildings in the planning stages in London that are above twenty stories and if they’re all built – this is what London could look like in the future. I personally love tall buildings and modern architecture but I hope they build them keeping in mind London’s beautiful historic architecture.
Author: Jonathan Thomas
Jonathan is a consummate Anglophile who launched Anglotopia.net in 2007 to channel his passion for Britain. Londontopia is its sister publication dedicated to everything London.
Docklands off in the distance looks very reminiscent of Manhattan here!
These are conceptual artistic images, not renderings of skyscrapers that are actually planned (with the exception of one or two of the smaller ones). There are numerous new developments planned, but nothing like on the scale shown here.