Architecture studio Eric Parry Architects has updated its plans for the One Undershaft skyscraper in the City of London, increasing its height to make it the UK's joint tallest building.
The studio recently submitted a planning submission to update the design and slightly increase the height of the planned building, which was approved to be built in 2016.
The updated plans would increase the skyscraper's height making it, by one metric, the joint-tallest building in the UK. It will be increased from 304.94 metres Above Ordnance Datum (AOD) ? a level used for mapping ? to 309.6 metres AOD.
The design of One Undershaft has been update with its height increased
This would make the building designed by Eric Parry Architects the same height as the Shard, which is the UK's current tallest building and also stands at 309.6 metres AOD. The height of both buildings is determined by a Civil Aviation Authority safety policy that restricts the height of buildings in central London to 309.6 metres AOD.
If built, One Undershaft's building height will be 294.6 metres compared to the Shard's height of 309.6 metres.
The updated skyscraper has a stepped form
According to planning documents the proposed skyscraper, which is set to be built between the Cheesegrater skyscraper by RSHP and the Gherkin by Foster + Partners, has been increased by one floor to make it 74 storeys.
Along with the increase in height, the building's design has been substantially updated. Its shape has been updated to ...