Find great architecture with fantastic free Buildings Android/iPhone app
July 25th, 2011 2:15pm
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If you’ve an interest in architecture, then the Buildings app for the Android and iPhone platforms is a real treat.
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Google celebrates the work of the mighty Sir George Gilbert Scott
July 13th, 2011 4:46pm
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It’s great to see Google celebrating one of the UK’s greatest architects, Sir George Gilbert Scott, on their search homepage today.
London ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture rises in the 2012 Olympic Park
June 2nd, 2011 6:07pm
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![The ArcelorMittal Orbit rises in the Olympic Park [video]](http:///www.urban75.org/blog/images/arcelormittal-orbit-sculpture-01.jpg)
It’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway.
London’s skyline soars with the Cheesegrater, Walkie Talkie and Pinnacle
January 24th, 2011 2:29pm
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London’s skyline is changing at a remarkable rate, with several large and unusually shaped skyscrapers currently under construction.
Many of the towers have already acquired not-always flattering nicknames, like the Cheesegrater, the Walkie Talkie and The Shard to go along with the already completed – and absolutely wonderful – Gherkin.
The London Shard rises! Europe’s tallest skyscraper climbs higer
September 27th, 2010 12:37pm
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Originally called the ‘London Bridge Tower’, and then the ‘Shard London Bridge’ and ‘Shard of Glass’ before most people settled on describing it as ‘The Shard,’ this elegant skyscraper is set to be the tallest building in London, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
London Razor – high tech skyscraper with built in wind turbines
March 15th, 2010 9:15am
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Looking like it’s sprouted from the set of Bladerunner is London’s newest high-rise apartment block, the ‘Razor.’
The 148 metre-tall high-tech tower will feature built in wind turbines – a world first – and they’re expected to generate 50MWh annually, adding up to 8% of the building’s electricity needs.
Design your own London skyline in a skyscraper frenzy
February 25th, 2010 1:04pm
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It’s more or less completely pointless, but if you’d like to rearrange the London skyline into a futuristic vista stuffed full of colossal skyscrapers, then architectural illustrators Hayes Davidson have got just the thing for you.
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