City skyline now ‘too crowded’, says 22 Bishopsgate architect

22 Bishopsgate & Leadenhall aka Cheesgrater (3)

Square Mile’s so-called eastern cluster is full, PLP’s Lee Polisano warns

The boss of the architect behind the tallest tower going up in the City of London has said the cluster where it is being built is “over-engineered” and “congested”.

PLP chief Lee Polisano revealed the practice was initially nervous about the scale of the area’s tallest building, 22 Bishopsgate.

Polisano has at least three buildings completed or under construction in the concentration of towers in the area.

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