In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the design of a trio of skyscrapers set to be built in London and sharing their views on other top stories.
Kohn Pedersen Fox plans to build three skyscrapers, linked by vertical planters, at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London.
The complex will play host to a mixture of retail spaces as well as a viewing platform.
It is intended as a "new voice" for London's Eastern Cluster ? a group of skyscrapers that also includes KPF's Scalpel tower, alongside RSH+P's Leadenhall Building and Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie.
"We don't need anymore of these sorts of buildings"
Readers aren't sold. "Does London really need anymore of these dreadful tall buildings"" asked Nigel William Wakeham."Surely when more and more people are working at home we do not need anymore of these sort of buildings." "You should not be allowed to knock down a 10-storey building built less than 20 years ago just to go taller," continued David B."This is the type of short-term thinking that is undermining any attempt to address the climate crisis. Shameful."
Donacio Cejas coined their own name for the skyscrapers: "From the creators of the Gherkin, the Cheese grater, the Can, the Razor and the Walkie-Talkie now comes... the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!"
"A trio of fugly," agreed Benny.
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