Plans Revealed for New 40-Story Tower in London

Multinational investor Axa IM Alts has unveiled designs from Fletcher Priest for a 40-story tower at 63 St Mary Axe in the City of London, Building Design reports. The tower is the latest addition to the growing cluster of skyscrapers near Bishopsgate, with DP9 acting as planning consultant and Kanda working on communications. The tower would replace two 1980s buildings on an island site bordering Camomile Street. Images show a tower elevated on columns above a recessed podium block covered in extensive planting and surrounded by trees. The planting would extend up the sides of the tower and across an upper half, which slants diagonally on one side, culminating in three double-height levels at its crown. Axa said the lower levels will contain a publicly accessible park with extensive landscaping and a new cultural and educational experience supporting the Square Mile’s plan to become “destination city.”