300-320 King Street - 31s mixed use (Under Construction)

[jammer139]

Excavator and dump trucks working on removing the dirt ramp down into the pit along the west wall this week.

[jammer139]

Big concrete pour today with two concrete pump trucks and parade of cement trucks pouring the SE corner floating raft slab section for this 31s building.

[jammer139]

They have dug out a lot of the dirt ramp along the west wall of the pit. The smaller excavator is now at the bottom while the larger one is outside the pit. Steel rebar for some of the L2 walls and posts as started on the east side of the pit on top of the new section of floating raft slab.

[jammer139]

Nearly done digging out the dirt access ramp along the west wall of pit. Large excavator has been removed leaving the small one at the bottom. They will use the crane to lift it out when ready. Have poured some concrete to seal the floor already in the NW corner of pit bottom. Will likely remove the small excavator and finish up the SW corner concrete seal soon. Forming for the floating raft slab on the west end of pit to follow. Have already poured some of the L2 posts on the east side of pit and working on more forming of L2 posts and walls.

[jammer139]

Forming and steel rebar getting setup for another section of floating raft slab on the west end of the now cleared pit. The small excavator has now been lifted out of the pit. They are also setting another tower crane base on the new section of future floating raft slab so this build will use two tower cranes.

[jammer139]

Another large concrete pour today with two concrete pump trucks and parade of cement trucks lined up on Waterloo St. Pouring another section of floating raft slab in the SW corner.

[jammer139]

Zedd webpage with new updated render showing the shorter 31s height for this building.


https://www.zeddarchitecture.com/20-058

[CharlesSaticoy]

Looks worse and not just because high is lower. The best attribute was glass portion that was vertical line and now that’s not even all glass. It’s like they don’t know how to design nice looking buildings. Shame

[GreatTallNorth2]

Although it is disappointing I never thought of this building as a major step forward in London's skyline. There are a lot of other projects that I am more excited about including 50 King, 743 Richmond and the development at 267 York. To me all of those projects will redefine the skyline. This one on King still adds a lot of residents and replaces a garage with a tower.

[jammer139]

Actually it would have had an even better impact on the skyline at 35s 110M (counting the mechanical penthouse) especially for those approaching west on Hamilton Rd. Still at 31s it will be prominent.

If the Kelloggs proposal happens for a 44s that will have a major impact on the skyline for those coming from the east on Dundas and south on Highbury. The Kelloggs proposals have been very quiet the past year. Will be interested to see if there is some movement on them once the Dundas BRT roadwork completes in 2027.

[jammer139]

They assembled the second Luffing Jib tower crane today. Wonder if this will be the last tower crane to go up in London in 2026?