More Skyscrapers Come to London, but It May Not Serve the City Published May 05, 2014 at 6:07 AM EDT Updated Feb 16, 2016 at 11:15 PM EST The London skyline is growing up Paul Hackett/Reuters ...

Expect big changes.The city’s skyline is set to change dramatically over the next five years (Picture: City of London Corporation) An image labelled with the new skyscrapers set to be built ...

Billed as London's most luxurious apartment block, the 36-storey “Heron”, for example, boasts a 6 000 square foot penthouse which went on the market this year for £18-million.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda aims to build two skyscrapers designed by American architects KPF here. When completed, the hotel and residential towers will be the tallest in western Europe.

With the recently approved skyscrapers, they are set to make little difference to Londoner’s views. ‘It will be like adding a brush stroke to an already famous silhouette,’ Bill explained.

The number of high-rise buildings being planned or built in London has risen above 500 for the first time as a trend to build skyscrapers in the British capital spreads into the suburbs, research ...