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The City of London Corporation has released a new visualisation detailing the growth of the Square Mile鈥檚 tall buildings cluster by the end of the decade.

It features 11 new towers by architects including Eric Parry, Make, KPF, SOM and Arney Fender Katsalidis.

The City said the image captured all major developments that had been approved or received a resolution to approve over the past 12 months.

It said the period had seen 鈥渟trong鈥� activity, with a 25% increase in applications received and decided compared with the previous year.

City bosses said the Square Mile currently hosted a total of 617,000 workers and that estimates based on Greater London Authority data suggested job numbers would grow by a further 85,000 by 2040, underpinning high demand for office space.

Shravan Joshi, who chairs the City鈥檚 Planning and Transportation Committee, said the latest image clearly illustrated 鈥渢he ever-changing nature鈥� of London鈥檚 skyline.

鈥淚t demonstrates that the City office is here to stay and that the Square Mile鈥檚 real estate sector is robust and thriving, despite wider economic concerns,鈥� he said.

鈥淭hrough our flagship 鈥楧estination City鈥� policy, we are creating a culturally vibrant, inclusive and welcoming City, enabled in part by these tall towers which help accommodate the hospitality, leisure, social and cultural destinations that are flocking to the City.

鈥淭he City Corporation鈥檚 strong performance this year is underpinned by the built environment team鈥檚 efforts to de-risk many of the variables associated with real estate investment.

鈥淭his includes providing clear policy directives, working closely with stakeholders and undertaking transparent consultation on schemes.鈥�

The City said its cultural offer had already 鈥渂enefitted strongly鈥� from free-to-access public viewing galleries at Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 8 Bishopsgate and PLP鈥檚 22 Bishopsgate. It said the attractions had welcomed more than 70,000 people in the past two months.