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As an update to our Natwest/30St Mary Axe model, we have now added in St Helens which is a notable highrise in the City of London. Built in 1969 it stands 118 metres tall and was designed by RWHL Architects.
You can download the kmz file to fly into the model in Google Earth here (35k)
The Bankside Power Station, which is now how to the Tate Modern was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Sir Giles is also notable for the design of Battersea Power Station, the Liverpool Anglican cathedral and the British red telephone box.
You can download the kmz file to fly into the model in Google Earth here (20k)
The latest building is Tower 42 in London, coupled with a simplified 30 St Mary Axe. Tower 42 is the tallest building in the City of London at 183 metres compared to 179.8 metres for its neighboring 30 St Mary Axe. Built in 1980 by Architects Seifert and Partners, Tower 42 was originally home to the Natwest Bank with rumours that its unique shape mirrored the Natwest’s logo at the time. This seems to be however an urban myth, the building is now an office complex with a restaurant on the 42nd floor offering views of London.
The file is only 28k…
You can download the kmz file to fly into the model in Google Earth here (28k)
Microsoft’s Live Local includes ‘Birds Eye’ images which provide various views around buildings. Its interesting in terms of views but compared to Google Earth lacks any interactivty or 3D Element.
Therefore, using these images we thought it would be interesting to try and construct 3D Models from the data. Below displays an image from the output, you basically get a 3D model rendered out of the webpage screengrab. You could of course then port it into Google Earth….
A Quicktime movie of the model can be viewed from here (8Mb).
The Castle
Unit 345
2500 Castle Dr
Manhattan, NY
