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By Dave Rogers2021-08-04T05:00:00+01:00 Deal is one of biggest building jobs to come up for grabs in capital in past few months One of the biggest London building jobs to come up for grabs in recent months has attracted five bidders, Building can reveal. Proposals for client, the City of London Corporation, by architect Eric Parry for a £170m judicial complex in the Square Mile were given the green light in the spring. The development, which will replace an entire city block in a conservation area between Whitefriars Street and Salisbury Court on the south side of Fleet Street, will includ...

“There’s some very aggressive bidding going on at the moment,” says Alinea partner Mark Lacey. The firm, which is still best known as a cost consultant on London commercial despite plans to diversify into other areas, says the pandemic has put the squeeze on what contractors, particularly the specialists, can bid for in the future. In short, lots are chasing not much. The London office market is around 40% of Alinea’s £15.2m income. Lacey says the market is resilient but admits the number of starts is down – although the firm has been deluged with inquiries about feasibility studie...

Show Fullscreen CGI projection of the City of London skyline in the mid-2020s The City of London Corporation has released new images showing how the skyline could look in the mid-2020s. The majority of the tall buildings in the updated views will be in the so-called eastern cluster and will “fill in the gap” towards Rafael Vinoly’s Walkie Talkie which, despite being much closer to the Tower of London World Heritage Site than the rest of the cluster, was approved because of its “high-quality design”. The City issued the projections with a press release arguing that the images demonst...

Show Fullscreen CGI projection of the City of London skyline in the mid-2020s The City of London Corporation has released new images showing how the skyline could look in the mid-2020s. The majority of the tall buildings in the updated views will be in the so-called eastern cluster and will fill the gap towards Rafael Vinoly’s Walkie Talkie which, despite being much closer to the Tower of London World Heritage Site than the rest of the cluster, was approved because of its “high-quality design”. The City issued the projections, arguing that the images demonstrate investor confidence in t...

By Dave Rogers 2021-04-30T06:17:00+01:00 Architect also cleared Midlands planning with student flats scheme Glenn Howells Architects has been given the green light by Birmingham planners for a 49-storey residential tower at Argent’s Paradise scheme in the city. The 155m tall building is called Octagon because of its shape and will be one of the tallest in a glut of towers planned for the city. The scheme has earned its Octagon name because of its shape The tallest will be a 61-storey block at 100 Broad Street by another local firm Glancy Nicholls, which is also behind a 51-storey sche...