Plans have been unveiled for a 73-storey skyscraper that would be the tallest building in the City of London. Measured from the ground, the office tower at 1 Undershaft will be 294.6 m tall - only a few metres shorter than Sellar Property Group's 306 m-tall Shard across the river. The scheme, situated next to British Land's Cheesegrater building, would replace the so-called Aviva Tower - formerly the Commercial Union building -a 118 m-tall block designed by architects GMW. Eric Parry Architects' 90,000 sq m proposal is similarly minimalist but features external cross-bracing,'special fins' to reduce solar glare, and an elevated reception lobby allowing "the public to walk freely beneath the skyscraper". Construction News'sister title Architects' Journal reported that the designer saw off PLP and David Walker Architects to land the project, which is backed by Singapore-based Aroland Holdings Limited.
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