那天看到微博里有人发了Cheesegrater的建筑图。其实，像在伦敦这样的老城中心，建skysraper到底是好事还是坏事呢？去年的时候，BBC就有报道：London’s changing skyline: Are new skyscrapers good for the capital? 讨论众说风云。终归一点，如果不是经济需要，谁也不想建摩天大厦。

A Mayor of London spokesman said: "What we can't do is try to impose some kind of freeze on the skyline and suspend the capital in stasis. The key issue in any discussion of London's skyline is whether a building makes a positive contribution to London's urban realm, protecting the things we value about our city, while helping us meet the challenges of growth and ensuring the continued prosperity of London and Londoners."

伦敦人也很喜欢给这些高楼起外号（nickname），就好像我们把北京的中央电视台大楼昵称为“大裤衩”，把苏州的那个称为“秋裤”——怎么都是裤子？那看来伦敦的高楼的昵称还是比较五花八门的，从最早的Gherkin小黄瓜，到Walkie Talkie对讲机，Cheesegrater乳酪研磨器，再到Boomerang回旋镖，Scalpel手术刀，Can of Ham火腿罐头，Helter-Skelter狼狈。nicknames is for the bizarrely-shaped (distinctive shapes) tower blocks that appear on London's skyline.But are these new additions to the skyline an improvement?

Architect and broadcaster Maxwell Hutchinson thinks so. "The change for the London skyline is a miraculous achievement in difficult economic conditions," he says. "London has become a showcase for tall buildings."

City of London chief planner Peter Rees, who has overseen its dramatic, vertical transformation since the 1980s, agrees: "Buildings like the Gherkin, Cheesegrater and Walkie Talkie are clear representations of how well London is doing.Clearly they are improvements to the skyline." But he warns: "We don't need to turn London into Manhattan."

Someone is optimistic about the next generation of towers. "The tall buildings in the pipeline will continue to progress London's commitment to achieving architectural world superiority,"

Some skyscrapers are being built in unsuitable locations. We will end up with a very ugly looking place with random tall buildings.If you are building tall, you should cluster buildings together

Anyway, over the next year, the vertical evolution of London's skyline is set to continue.

好在伦敦的高楼基本上也是集中在soho区，图上左边拉，也就是金融中心。看起来好像还挺符合气氛。。但是这里也是最老的city of London的所在地，所以矛盾吧.

未来东部港区会进行大力开发，现在已经是一片高楼大厦的现代景象。

新年的时候在London Eye上拍的，因为下雨，不是很清晰。。小黄瓜已经在一群巨人里默默隐身了。。。曾经统帅伦敦天际线的圣保罗大教堂仰仗它的大穹顶，其实还是很显眼的。如果没记错的话，在2003年小黄瓜出现之前，圣保罗大教堂都还是那片最高的。








之前写的两篇关于黄瓜和碎片的，链接一下。

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ab783670101eb09.html    【Big City Small Space】伦敦的“小黄瓜”

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ab783670101f0yp.html    【Big City Small Space】The Shard——碎片大楼