The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 2 and Version 1 of Forthcoming Buildings

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Currently under construction in London are a number of skyscrapers, including the "erotic gherkin" Swiss Re Tower and Moorhouse (119 London Wall), and especially in the Canary Wharf area in Tower Hamlets. The "shard of glass" London Bridge Tower has just gained approval; at 1000 feet tall it will be Europe's largest building. Reaction to the new generation of tall buildings is decidedly mixed.

The government seems to have a strange fascination with Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, the premier exponents of the Big'n'Shiny school of architecture (Foster designed the GLA building for Ken Livingstone).

D'you think they're compensating for something? -- Roger

Also coming soon is the Cannon Street pedestrian bridge which will run along the side of the Cannon Street rail bridge and provide a useful shortcut across the river. The Millennium Bridge (formerly the Wobbly Bridge) is now open, and coming soon may be the new Hungerford foot bridge.