£1bn glass tower dropped from Greenwich Peninsula

An elaborate £1bn glass building planned for the Greenwich Peninsula redevelopment has been axed from the masterplan. Hong Kong developer Knight Dragon unveiled plans for the 1.4m sq ft Peninsula Place development in 2017. The glass complex, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, saw three towers twisted together on top of the North Greenwich Underground station. It comprised 800 apartments, offices, restaurants, shops and a hotel as the centrepiece of the £8.4bn development. But the glass towers were chopped from the masterplan presented at a public consultation to members of the Greenwich Society. In a monthly newsletter, the society said this has been replaced with “a very average cluster of high-rise buildings”. Knight Dragon gained consent for the Greenwich Peninsula scheme in 2015, masterplanned by Allies + Morrison. In total it will comprise almost 16,000 homes, with as many as 28,000 people expected to be living on the site by 2025. Knight Dragon and Allies + Morrison did not respond to requests for comment. To send feedback, e-mail emma.rosser@egi.co.uk or tweet @EmmaARosser or @estatesgazette