London Skyscraper News

Philip Oldfield is affiliated with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). He has received research funding from the CTBUH and the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Some people are concerned Diners and staff had to flee down the stairs of the London skyscraper from the 33rd floor on Tuesday morning. The blaze started when an oven caught light at the buiding in St Thomas Street, Southwark, at about 11am. Sprinklers quickly put out the fire and London’s “Walkie Talkie” building, not-so-affectionately nicknamed “Walkie-Scorchie” or the “death ray,” is the most destructive thing to wreak havoc on the city since Jack the Ripper. The 38-story building was built to expand towards the A giant in London is melting cars, frying bike seats, and scorching sidewalks. But it's not Godzilla. It's a "Walkie Talkie" — the nickname for the 38-story skyscraper on Fenchurch Street in central London. The glare reflected from the glass-fronted London Fire Brigade was sent to the building - the tallest in Western Europe - after a "small oven fire" in one of the restaurants on the 33rd floor. Around 100 cusomers were forced to evacuate and the blaze was extinguished by sprinklers fitted in the It is home to the world's tallest skyscraper, the biggest shopping centre and many other residential tower on the planet - more than twice the height of the Shard in London. Estimated to cost upwards of 25billion dirhams (£4.3billion), the project .

At 711 metres (2,332ft) the Dubai One tower will be more than twice the height of the Shard in London. Owners of the 885 apartments will have access to the world’s highest observation deck, 655 metres up. The skyscraper is part of a complex in Dubai As you descend, transparent panes in the slide will allow you to snatch a glimpse of over 20 miles of London skyline. Or you could walk the tower's 455 steps to the ground—like a sucker. Every tower and skyscraper should have a slide, don't you think? First it melted cars, now it’s blowing people over. One of London’s newest icons, the so-called ‘Walkie Talkie’ skyscraper is facing claims that its design is causing a troublesome wind tunnel effect down a major city thoroughfare. The City of Just in: As many as 100 people have been evacuated from London's tallest building the Shard (pictured) after a fire broke out in a restaurant's kitchen. The Shard, is an 87-storey skyscraper in London and was opened in 2012. .

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