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Kohn Pedersen Fox plans to build three skyscrapers, linked by vertical planters, at 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London. The complex will play host to a mixture of retail spaces as well as a viewing platform. It is intended as a "new voice" for London's Eastern Cluster – a group of skyscrapers that also includes KPF's Scalpel tower, alongside RSH+P's Leadenhall Building and Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie. "We don't need anymore of these sorts of buildings" Readers aren't sold. "Does London really need anymore of these dreadful tall buildings?" asked Nigel William Wakeham."Surely...

"Looks like a typical masterplan to me" says reader "Looks like a typical masterplan to me," said Alfred Hitchcock. "Pretty pictures with no substance." Dan shared the sentiment: "I love the obligatory 'men in canoes, out having a paddle during their lunch break' nonsense, or the see-through glass everywhere, in an attempt to add life to the lifeless. :(" "Gigantic single-use precincts that will become dead zones outside of operating hours, grand aesthetic gestures to make the image look pretty... How is this different from any other ill-considered architect-driven master plan with zero strat...