London's skyscraper boom: Scores of towering new high rises set to be built across capital
Developers are planning to build scores of new tall buildings across London over the next few years in a remarkable skyscraper boom that shows no sign of slowing.
From the City to the suburbs, towers of at least 20 storeys — the industry definition of a tall building — are going up at a pace that has huge implications for the capital’s skyline for decades, if not centuries, to come.
The “race for space” in the sky is being driven by London’s chronic shortage of new housing, and modern, sustainable office space, as well as the high price of land
