Construction industry gossip: It all went swimmingly

By Joseph Aloysius Hansom2024-07-19T06:00:00

The latest chatter around the industry

In for a penny

One member of the City of London’s planning committee, which recently delayed a decision on giving it the OK, referred to 1 Undershaft’s viewing platform as resembling a “plastic spoon”, the sort “we used to get in cheap station cafes that you sort of swirl your coffee with”. I’m minded to say William Upton’s remarks pale beside the observation of one wag who likened it to a toilet seat. Eric Parry, founder of Eric Parry Architects and architect on the scheme, defended the “organic” design and said “the element of cantilever is like a loggia, a covering”. So a toilet seat, then

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