Tallest 3 Buildings in London / England Compared to the World’s Largest #EveryLondonOffice

[Music] historically london has not been known for skyscrapers compared to other international mega cities such as manhattan tokyo and beijing however over the last 12 years especially we've seen a real drive by property developers to change that point of view with the help of easing planning laws london has now become one of europe's tallest centres for buildings and having an office in the sky overlooking the capital of england is now quite a regular occurrence but it is still a privileged club for a select few in today's video we're going to be showing you the three

tallest buildings that london has to offer and comparing them to the world's highest coming in in third place at a whopping 235 metres tall is the uk's original high rise but now slightly aging number one canada square it's in the business district of canary wharf which us londoners call doctrines the concept of a new business district in this part of london began as early as 1980 through the creation of the london docklands development corporation it quickly became an enterprise zone which attracted real estate developers by offering large tax allowances tax allowances is one thing property

developers love [Music] [Applause] if you're looking for an office in the third tallest building there is plenty of availability to choose from at present [Music] in second place standing at 278 meters or 62 stories high is the second tallest building 22 bishops gate or simply 22. it is located in the city of london business district [Music] and it's also picked up the name of helter skelter due to its original exterior design features [Music] in general this has been considered a very successful office development with still only a few floors remaining empty [Applause] [Music] and in

first place at a massive 309 meters which is just over a thousand feet high is lorenzo piano designed the shard one of london's modern and internationally recognized pieces of architecture it is the tallest building in the uk and the seventh tallest in europe [Music] this is a real mix use development that incorporates restaurant on the 31st 32nd and 33rd floors as well as the shangri-la hotel residential apartments at the very top and a mix of office tenants in the lower third of the building [Music] in 2017 it was announced that the building was fully let

with only a small amount of availability occurring each year so how do these compare with the tallest buildings in the world [Music] as you will see they fall almost into insignificance compared to the expected development over the next phase of the world's tallest buildings [Music] we hope you like this video for more information about the tallest buildings and offices like subscribe or follow [Music]