Shard and Cheesegrater part of a dying breed, says Ken Shuttleworth
The architect of London鈥檚 iconic Gherkin tower has pronounced the death of skyscrapers in the capital.
The raft of high-rise towers being built in the City to open by 2014, including the Shard and the Cheesegrater, will be the last of a dying breed of skyscrapers, he says.
Ken Shuttleworth, the architect at Norman Foster who designed the Gherkin, told Bloomberg News he expects developers to move away from skyscrapers to cheaper 鈥榞round-scrapers鈥�.
鈥淭he age of bling is over,鈥� Shuttleworth said. 鈥淢oney now drives everything so if you can build something for half the price, you will. The tall glass box is dead.鈥�
Tenants are demanding 鈥渁ustere and efficient鈥� buildings that are more likely to be 鈥済round-scrapers鈥� than high-rises, he added.
Yesterday British Land announced it had at Broadgate in the City, which will house Swiss bank UBS.
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