London to become “Manhattan-on-Thames”: almost 600 more skyscrapers planned ...The Standard podcast

[@lg_believe333]

Unlike Dubai London is an historic city, so any skyscraper’s planned and built should be of the highest quality, like the Gherkin and the Shard, otherwise they will look like a monstrosity and a blight on our landscape. That being said, where there’s money, like the city of London and Canary Wharf developers have no problems building offices in London but struggle to build more affordable housing for the masses.

[@thebabbler8867]

Nah. ALL of London's skyscrapers are hideous and unnecessary. They're simply building these highrises as an attempt to copy their "God and Savior": NEW YORK.

[@RoniSingh-m8m]

Please build 350m or 400m tower to London❤

[@CM73878]

The city needs modern, energy efficient offices. There is high demand for both new and refurbished space. Those making comments have no understanding of London’s commercial real estate market. London’s population is also growing rapidly and whilst we must convert old offices, which are no longer suitable for commercial use to homes, we have masses of underused land in east London where new towers can be built. I suggest someone takes the tube to North Greenwich and see how this area has been transformed. There will always be people who dislike change, but they are denying others the ability to have a home.

[@AB-zl4nh]

97% of the UK is low rise or rural. London should be free to build taller and denser. If you want low rise, go live in Edinburgh, Belfast, Bristol or Cardiff.

[@ENGBriseB]

London centre needs these well designed skyscrapers. Otherwise these large companies will go somewhere else. The city centre and canary wharf Battersea. London is such a big place. As long as the buildings are better than other countries.

[@gordonayres2609]

So residential demand has gone down? That's a joke with the lack of it at reasonable levels for ordinary people . Not everyone is a part of the executive class who can afford the massive mortgages or rents that will be available in any of these apartments being planned ! It stinks when the country managed to build simple little houses on all the old bomb sites after the second world war (when Britain was almost bankrupt) via the Council Housing . I used to live in one where a land mine demolished the bottom of my street in 1941 and it it was superior to a lot of what gets put up nowadays. It's a pity that St Pauls is already dwarfed by the existing skyscrapers , so it will vanish out of sight with what is arriving , except if you go right in amongst the jungle maybe seen down some sort of New York type canyon ! I HOPE that these do not invade the West End which for now has a lot of its older character still. I don't trust this!

[@shakz86]

Why do we need so many skyscrapers? People largely work from home now.

[@benusmaximus3601]

That's not actually true - people thought that's where things were going, but it turns out human beings like being around other human beings when they work...

[@MrMountainchris]

So many offices being built but where is the housing?!?!

[@thomHD]

Positive about the skyscrapers but more needs to be done for streetlife, convenience stores, restaurants, etc, in the City of London. Right now it's dead after 8pm, not somewhere where people (other than financiers) go out.

[@neilgennery2871]

London needs 300m Ana 400m towers like other growing cities 😊😊

[@gridley]

London is a way more visually, historically charming & old-world-European-beautiful urban landscape compared with cities in North America, Asia, etc. Personally, to me (& London as one of the 2 major financial hubs in the world or Western World), it makes NYC kind of "feh." Even the subways of London are less scraggly-raggedy than the ones of NYC. Sorry, US.

[@thebabbler8867]

You're delusional. London is nothing but disturbing glass facades. There are many American cities that make London look like nomadic campsite.

[@batuhanyumak4552]

In fact, many people started to work from home after the covid and lots of offices actually empty so how an earth they planning the office buildings. Maybe residentials could make sense cuz rate cuts are likely to happen after this month or maybe after the us election

[@davdep]

Why do people in this country always like to complain and moan ?

[@roberbonastre3380]

It seems a bit exaggerated to me, 600 more skyscrapers, London is in Europe, a continent with historic cities where filling them with skyscrapers I think is an attack on the aesthetics of the city.

[@Ominousheat]

It is not going to become Manhatten on the Thames. It is London. Why nickname the city? It's stupid. And very patronising. London is not what those with an unhealthy love for US nostalgia want it to be. It's far better than any US city and should not be belittled in such a manner.

[@pareshpatel7100]

Pointless, considering more people are working from hone

[@teviottilehurst]

What a terrible prospect.

[@MansourAdeel]

In 100 years 😂😂😂😂

[@eatinsomtin9984]

W

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

600 skyscrapers? London is already an ethnically and architectually ruined city. The country's economy is defunct and so is Europe's as a whole, long-term. Nobody needs office space in the work from home era anymore. This is insane.

[@CM73878]

Many employers are requiring that staff work from the office for a minimum of 3 and sometimes 5 days. Working from home affects the ability of staff to interact with each other and, long-term impacts a firm’s productivity as well as innovation. When I hire staff, those who express a strong preference for home working are put at the bottom of the pile. I want staff who will make my business successful, not those who want to work at their kitchen table taking breaks to do the washing, ironing and munching.

[@crackhead4540]

​​@@CM73878 STFU. I DONT CARE ABOUT MAKING U A SUCCESS. JUST PAY MY WAGES SO I CAN LIVE COMFORTABLY