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More London [development]

Sir Norman Foster and Partners; Foster, Norman Robert
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/91347
Date
2000-2010
Description
Detail, depicting the base of 4 More London Riverside; It includes the City Hall, a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianized area containing open-air sculptures and water features, including fountains lit by coloured lights. The Hilton London Tower Bridge hotel opened in September 2006. More London is 13 acres (53,000 m2) in size and has planning consent for 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m2) of mixed use space, of which up to two million square feet will be offices, accommodating up to 20,000 people. The buildings were designed by Foster and Partners architects and some are still under construction. The buildings are known as 1 & 6 More London Place, and 2, 3 & 4 More London Riverside. The public realm, which includes The Scoop, water features and planting areas were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/15/2009)
Type of Work
mixed-use development; office building; promenade (walkway)
Subject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), City planning, parks (recreation areas), urban renewal, government, public use, commercial, retail, riverfront development, Twenty-first century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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