Still On the Towers and Sky Scrapers Trail…Rogers ‘Cheese Grater’ Melts Under The Crunch
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Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ 47-storey “cheese grater” tower in the City of London has become the latest victim of the credit crunch.
The tower has been shelved due to a drop in demand for office space.
In a statement to the stock exchange today (Thursday 14th August), developer British Land said it was delaying the £286 million project, which is currently on site.
More on the story:
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3120514&c=1
Previously on Sky Scrapers : here comes the ‘Can of Ham’
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Foggo Associates design for St Mary Axe
The 295ft glass and steel tower, is designed by architect Foggo Associates and is planned to be built in St Mary Axe, next door to the Gherkin. Its already dubbed the ‘Can of Ham’….
Previously on Sky Scrapers : Future of Sky Scappers..?
Loren M. Supp Competion Entry: eVolo
eVolo Architecture, a New York based group of international architects is publishing a book; ‘eVolo-Skyscapper for the XXL century’, which presents a collection of competion projects which they hosted from 06,07 and 08 on skyscrapper competitions.
Sohta Mori – Yuichiro Minato:eVolo
The work is futurastic investigations on new forms, structures, materials and brilliant new ideas.
All images from eVolo (except front page thumbail from:BD)
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Talking of Towers….Check This Out!
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Norwegian architects Snøhetta, Ras Al-Khaimah
And this:
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Cyclone Towers, Incheon. Copyright Holder – HOK International
22 Responses to “Still On the Towers and Sky Scrapers Trail…Rogers ‘Cheese Grater’ Melts Under The Crunch”
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annon on August 11th, 2008
havent we seen all of this before under the name of Archigram? eVolo have re-dressed it and given it a new name!
Dont get me wrong, im dont dislike archigram or eVolo,,, but lets not forget that a crazy concept like this will get “value engineered” sooner or later! LOL
Mark on August 11th, 2008
Archigram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archigram was pretty impressive and still inspires me today! http://www.designmuseum.org/design/archigram It encourages grand ideas, joined up thinking, and above all – a vision for a better life…. The people who dreamed up archigram (Peter cook amongst others) http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/people/showcase/01-02/archigram.htm were really passionate about creating a “Utopia” and an “Ideal City” http://archigram.net/projects_pages/walking_city.html
Killion on August 11th, 2008
Archigram were revolutionary in many ways than their architectural vision. For me it was their ability to communicate their ideas through publish-media. eVolo are clearly taking that publishing idea into the internet generation.
It is a much needed space for free thinking and exploration of diverse ideas. What I would like to really see though is one of these ideas coherently developed at conceptual level rather than always stopping short with good graphics and generative modelling.
It’s the human element that I feel they lack. How does the human occupy these structures…from a social, economically, politically…point of view?
Mark on August 12th, 2008
im not so sure about th architectural credibility of a “can of ham”
first we had a giant penis, now a tin of ham….
im not against high rise buildings, so if a well designed sky scraper is positioned near th gherkin its not a problem, but some of these glamorous / sexy images just seem to try to make each and every different skyscraper look individual and iconic…
not EVERY building can be an iconic structure,,, some of these are just plain NAFF!
killion on August 12th, 2008
It’s a bit lazy of architects these days though; to just pick an ‘object’ and FORCE a building out of it never mind its context! Its like designers are running out of inspirations…or just plain lazy.
It is rather an old trend tough. Remember this:
http://dianegreenseid.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/chiatdaywp1.jpg
Plain weird….
Maybe i should make a blog-collection of all the literal-object buildings!!
That would be fun.
Can you remember the one in the 60’s which looked like a DUCK…? I think it was a church or something…
killion on August 12th, 2008
yep i found it:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/30956743_3a4ecd51a7.jpg
not necessarily a tower or sky scrapper but it makes my point above.
Kev on August 12th, 2008
could you make a gallery on flickr with all the “object” buildings,,,
once rounded up they can be deposited into room 101
Mark on August 14th, 2008
It is a shame to learn that the “cheese grater” wont be built… of all the towers proposed (some of which were truely awful) I thought this one was one of the better ones.
Did you know the reason it is slanted is to preserve existing views of st pauls… see – not all that bad after all is it! LOL
killion on August 14th, 2008
It goes to show just how sensitive things are getting right now with the Credit Crunch. I do hope it gets built in the end though.
Mark on August 15th, 2008
Lets not forget that newly elected Boris Johnson has been cancelling London tower projects left right and centre! Maybe the so called “credit crunch” is not always to blame for projects being shelved?
New mayor plans to cut skyscrapers -
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3113102
Boris blocks progress of A&M towers in Lambeth -
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3119245
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=427&storycode=3117984
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3117979
killion on August 15th, 2008
Politics is an old dirty game and here it really comes out baring its teeth. It’s all to do away with policies that Ken proposed…good or bad. Appalling really to think that public money will be paying for all this new sweeping changes.
Mark on August 17th, 2008
can skyscrapers cause harm to children?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/lack-outdoor-play-causing-myopia.php
it would seem so
Mark on August 19th, 2008
still on the “towers” theme –
http://blog.pixnet.net/cstang/post/11487350
Jude on August 22nd, 2008
I saw this skyscraper they’re planning on building in Dubai, read about it in an article in The Guardian. Not sure if it’s definitely going ahead or not…
http://www.mydigitallife.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/dynamic-architecture-dubai.jpg
Mark on August 28th, 2008
Does anyone think that “we” may be unwittingly creating the slums of tommorrow with these “utopian, glamorous, sexy, amazing towers?
One example is Paris –
http://www.archis.org/volume/2008/07/15/slabs-and-slums/
Mark on August 28th, 2008
Ar some of London’s “tower” projects being forced through?!
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3458
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3460
Mark Ellery on September 29th, 2008
English Heritage and Westminster City Council have issued a joint legal challenge to Hazel Blears’s decision to grant planning permission for the Doon Street Tower on the South Bank.
Is this a good thing?
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3513
Mark Ellery on October 26th, 2008
So, after Boris the Bumbling Major cancels all of Ken Livingstones carefully laid plans he does a U – turn and changes his mind…
“London mayor retracts opposition to three London towers”
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3125920&c=1
why are some politicians such idiots?!
I swear Boris’ ego just took over! All he wanted to do was flex the extent of his power!