28 of the best · London, United Kingdom
The towers of the City and Canary Wharf, the transformed riverside and the new neighbourhoods reshaping London. Factual notes on each; we do not publish prices.
Our 28 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Completed 2020 · 278 m
The City’s tallest tower, 278 m and 62 storeys, completed in 2020, with the Horizon 22 viewing gallery on Level 58.
22 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4BQExplore View on map
Reopened 2022
The Grade II* listed power station by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, reopened in 2022 as shops, restaurants, offices and homes, with a lift up one of its chimneys.
Circus Road West, SW11 8DDExplore View on map
Completed 1991 · 235 m
Cesar Pelli’s pyramid-topped tower, the centrepiece of Canary Wharf and the UK’s tallest building from 1991 until 2012.
One Canada Square, E14 5ABExplore View on map
London’s new architecture.
The back story
How derelict railway lands behind two great stations became one of London’s most admired new neighbourhoods.
The back story
From the Lloyd’s building to The Shard and Battersea Power Station: how London’s skyline and riverside have been transformed since the 1980s, and where to see it.
The Square Mile cluster.
Planned
A planned tower by Eric Parry Architects for Undershaft in the City, designed to match the height of The Shard above sea level.
Undershaft, EC3Explore View on map
Completed 2014 · 160 m
Rafael Viñoly’s top-heavy tower, nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie, home of the Sky Garden on its top floors.
20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 3BYExplore View on map
Completed 2020 · 278 m
The City’s tallest tower, 278 m and 62 storeys, completed in 2020, with the Horizon 22 viewing gallery on Level 58.
22 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4BQExplore View on map
Completed 2003 · 180 m
Foster + Partners’ glass tower, nicknamed The Gherkin, completed in 2003 on the site of the Baltic Exchange.
30 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8BFExplore View on map
Completed 2014 · 225 m
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ wedge-shaped tower on Leadenhall Street, nicknamed the Cheesegrater.
122 Leadenhall Street, EC3V 4ABExplore View on map
Completed 1986
Richard Rogers’s famous “inside-out” building for Lloyd’s of London, with its lifts, stairs and ducts on the outside.
1 Lime Street, EC3M 7HAExplore View on map
From Battersea to Deptford.
Reopened 2022
The Grade II* listed power station by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, reopened in 2022 as shops, restaurants, offices and homes, with a lift up one of its chimneys.
Circus Road West, SW11 8DDExplore View on map
Awaiting redevelopment
A former riverside wharf in Deptford that includes the site of Henry VIII’s Royal Dockyard and John Evelyn’s Sayes Court, awaiting redevelopment.
Deptford, SE8Explore View on map
Ongoing
The riverside district between Vauxhall and Battersea, transformed with new homes, the US Embassy and the Embassy Gardens Sky Pool.
Nine Elms, SW11Explore View on map
Completed
A curved glass tower at the south end of Blackfriars Bridge, nicknamed The Vase or The Boomerang.
1 Blackfriars Road, SE1Explore View on map
Selling
The newest residential building at Ballymore’s Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms, with riverside residences overlooking the Thames.
Embassy Gardens, Nine Elms, SW11Explore View on map
Completed 2012 · 309.6 m
Renzo Piano’s glass spire at London Bridge, 309.6 m and 95 storeys, the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
32 London Bridge Street, SE1 9SGExplore View on map
The Docklands skyline.
Completed
A tall residential tower by Squire & Partners on the Isle of Dogs, at the western edge of Canary Wharf.
Isle of Dogs, E14Explore View on map
Completed 1991 · 235 m
Cesar Pelli’s pyramid-topped tower, the centrepiece of Canary Wharf and the UK’s tallest building from 1991 until 2012.
One Canada Square, E14 5ABExplore View on map
Completed
A cylindrical residential tower by Herzog & de Meuron at the south-west corner of Wood Wharf.
One Park Drive, E14Explore View on map
Partly completed
A 23-acre new neighbourhood east of Canary Wharf on the South Dock, with homes, offices, shops and waterside spaces, partly completed.
Wood Wharf, E14Explore View on map
Landmark buildings reborn as homes.
New residences
A new residential building on Curzon Street in Mayfair, with apartments and residents’ amenities.
60 Curzon Street, W1J 8PDExplore View on map
Phased
The redevelopment of a former army barracks on Chelsea Bridge Road into apartments, townhouses and garden squares, by Qatari Diar.
Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1W 8RFExplore View on map
Completed
Private residences in the Old War Office on Whitehall, alongside the Raffles London at The OWO hotel.
57 Whitehall, SW1A 2BXExplore View on map
Completed
The former Whiteleys department store on Queensway, opened in 1911, reborn as homes, a hotel, shops and restaurants.
Queensway, W2Explore View on map
Whole new neighbourhoods.
Planned
The large site of the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre, being master-planned as a new neighbourhood of homes, culture and green space.
Earls Court, SW5Explore View on map
Ongoing
Lendlease’s regeneration of Elephant & Castle, with new homes, shops and restaurants around a new central park.
Elephant & Castle, SE17Explore View on map
Ongoing
The riverside peninsula around The O2, being transformed into a new neighbourhood of homes, a Design District, parks and the Ecology Park.
Greenwich Peninsula, SE10Explore View on map
Largely completed
The former railway lands behind King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, transformed into a district of offices, homes, Coal Drops Yard and Granary Square.
King’s Cross, N1CExplore View on map
Final homes
A Mount Anvil development of new homes beside Clapham Junction station.
Battersea, SW11Explore View on map
Completed
The BBC’s former headquarters in White City, whose listed circular building now holds homes, a hotel, restaurants and working studios.
Wood Lane, W12Explore View on map
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