Design your own London skyline

In Hayes Davidson's own words:

London's tall buildings polarise opinion and new proposals always attract the attention of an audience sensitive to changes to the city's skyline. It has not always been possible for London to simulate the long term visual implications of planning policies, and opinions expressed are often based on assumptions.

Since the millennium, a number of tall buildings have been proposed for sites across London. Not all have been approved, and some have been 'called in' and reviewed at Public Inquiries. In a number of these cases Hayes Davidson has been asked to provide expert witness evidence on visual perception in urban environments. SkyLine (London) is one of a number of ongoing Hayes Davidson projects that explore visual perception and reactions to alternative townscape that have developed from the research work undertaken for these Inquiries.

SkyLine (London) allows the user to explore changes to the London skyline from different starting points in time; past present and future. Global landmarks have been included for a comparison of scale. As well as seeing the skyline as it would look with London's 'consented' tall buildings, users can build 'what-if' scenarios and explore personal preferences. Users can compare the range of possible outcomes that would have resulted had different choices been made in the past, and can save and share SkyLines to compare results.

We hope you enjoy SkyLine (London) and that it provokes thought. We are conscious of the limitations; the chosen viewpoint from Parliament Hill is only one of many that are considered important to London. Neither have we attempted to address or inform about other factors that influence the design and location of tall buildings.

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