Posted on 11/19/2018 6:35:11 AM PST by C19fan
These are the first concept pictures of a stunning new 1,000ft-high glass skyscraper featuring glass gondolas allowing visitors to ride on the outside.
The building dubbed 'The Tulip', which is set to become London's second tallest structure behind The Shard, will have a 12-storey glass bud on top of a 787ft concrete shaft with eight floors of viewing platforms.
The Tulip, which will have bars and restaurants inside to hold 1,500 people, will sit next to the Gherkin – the 590ft tower also known as 30 St Mary Axe which was designed in 2003 by the same architects, Foster + Partners.
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Another worthy target for the jihadis.
I’m dizzy just looking at the views.
There’s just something about that design that worries me about structural integrity. Plus, I’d have little interest in riding those glass gondolas.
You wouldn’t even get me near one of those “glass bubbles”. Nope, nope, nope.
I lasted 30 seconds on top of the Empire State.
Yep, looks more like a sperm than a tulip.
“It looks like a giant....”
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It also looks skinny and worse, top heavy.
Spatula City!
I don’t know- it could pass for a minaret.
I guess I’m dating myself here but I just can’t get used to a London that even has much of a skyline to speak of. In my time there back in the early 90’s what few buildings could be considered skyscrapers were sort of peripheral, akin to the areas out in La Défense, the area around Paris.
Up Yours ?
“Another worthy target for the jihadis.”
Nah. Within 5 years, speakers will be mounted at the top...and the call of the Muezzin will issue forth for prayer...5 times a day.
LOL - BEST TAG!
Just say “No!” London needs this like a hole in the head.
Actually, The Shard will look pretty nice once they finish it.
Wait.....what?
OK, nevermind.
Q-tip
That's a bit how I feel about Philadelphia. For 100 years there was a law that no building could be taller than the statue of William Penn on top of the 19th century City hall in Philly. The skyline, as a result, was that statue sticking up over everything. Then in the early 90s they bent the rule for a single skyscraper because it was sort of over there, where you didn't see it if from the main thorofares. But once the rule is bent once, well, there are plenty of skyscrapers now. Not like Manhattan or London (now) but it's still jarring to see an entire city look different than it was when I was a kid.
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