As London’s sky line has been transformed in the last decade, the recent addition of the Leadenhall building has now expressed an excitement of the new. Introduction: High-Tech architecture is an approach that shares the values of key modernist ideas which have been adapted and mastered by five British Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Foster + Partners, and their practices on the global stage. They express a clear progressive and optimistic vision of the future through their architecture which has only been challenged but has resulted in an ambitious innovative buildings. The practices architecture was controversial and continually received negative press due the shock of the new which many of the building have now become Iconic. …show more content…
Leadenhall is an ambitious structure, large in scale having the highest office space in the London but ironically avoids dominating the skyline in comparison with the new edition of 20 Fenchurch Street nicknamed the walkie talkie which bulges over the site it sits on. • Only used commercial and retail space, this causes a huge extra demand in London’s transport infrastructure during commuting hours as workers from the outside the city centre commute into the heart of London. • Key problem to using steel instead of reinforced concrete is that if a large scale fire was to break out then the steel would warp potentially causing the structure of building to fail. • 80% of the buildings construction was produced off site this reduces the environmental impact on of the small scale site during construction. Much of manufacturing of the building was carried out in Northern Ireland and Wolverhampton which distributes economic wealth from the economic hub of London to other parts of the United Kingdom. • The precise manufacturing processes reduces the environmental impact greatly compared to onsite construction process as well as reducing the time of installation. • Office towers are more than often a monotonous blot on the landscape, Leadenhall offer more of a dynamic alternative through the elegance of …show more content…
The characteristics of high tech is the expression of materials through the extensive use of metals and glass. Realizing significance of industrial fabrication allowed the exploration of structures, technology and the aesthetics pursed. The fundamental principles of high tech buildings are to be functional and efficient and not artistic or symbolic. The architects embraced working with engineers an Untitled event d Untitled event understanding how everything would be constructed producing lightweight flexible spaces which express the qualities of the materials. Is it Really High Tech? Transformative architecture is a response of innovation and advancement in technological developments of the human civilisation. ‘High-Tech Architecture’ The use of advance materials, exceptional structural design has been described as an evolved of the modernist key values. This may not be appropriate name for this theoretical approach of architecture, the building don’t extensively use more electronically development which has been rapidly accelerating in the past few decades however they encompass efficiency’s in the structure of the buildings. The architect’s actively strive to reduce any superficial materials and ornamentation to expose the raw structure allowing people to understand how the external architectural