London high
By: Herbert Wright
Edition: 1st Frances Lincoln ed
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780711226951
Subjects: Tall buildings -- England -- London -- History; London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: "The first of London's buildings to exceed the thirty metre limit set by the fire brigade were London Transport's Broadway headquarters and London University's Senate House. For the last seventy-five years, architects, developers, politicians and the general public have struggled, planned and schemed to erect, or to prevent the erection of, ever taller buildings. Via Centrepoint, Canary Wharf, the Gherkin and beyond, this lively and provocative book chronicles, details and illustrates more than 120 tall buildings in London. This invaluable sourcebook is an original and at times devastating critique of how we live and take decisions, and how we have lived and been ruled and overruled."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]) and index