From the archives: Westminster’s unbuilt gothic skyscraper

By Tom Lowe2023-07-28T06:00:00

Source: RIBA

The Builder questions the wisdom of plans for a tower twice the height of Big Ben next to Parliament

London has seen its fair share of heritage-harming tower proposals, but few come close in terms of sheer audacity to what was planned for Westminster in 1904. Concerns that Westminster Abbey was getting too cluttered with monuments and statues led to plans for a huge adjoining tower as an overspill.

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