No New Skyscrapers, Says Planning Chief

London's chief planning officer says that after the current sequence of skyscrapers is built, it is likely that "...we will not see new ones planned."

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October 30, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT

By Tim Halbur

Instead, says Peter Rees, the focus will be on refurbishing old buildings in the city.

Laura Chesters interviews Rees:

"We have had 25 years of rapid redevelopment in the City – development that was necessary to replace the quickly built 1960s post-war buildings. Since Big Bang, we have seen a huge change from cellular offices to open plan. But we are now in a much better position, in that the buildings from the 1980s and 1990s are much more adaptable to today's office requirements than those from the 1950s, Sixties and Seventies."

FULL STORY: City skyscraper era comes to an end

Saturday, October 29, 2011 in The Independent

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