towers: On the same day, his obsession with iconic edifices hit a wall in Paris, where his gigantic twin towers at La D fense were rejected, according to The Guardian. Khan for once agreed with Historic England and others that the Tulip was just a lift shaft with a bulge on top a bulge with unpleasant blisters on its side. London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, has rejected Norman Foster's 1,000ft Tulip for the City of London, crowning an unhappy week for the architect. He did not like it at all. Khan even deplored the Tulip's poorly designed public space at street level . This makes his approval of Renzo Piano's bleak glass cube now rising next to Paddington station the more bizarre, situated as it is in a conservation area. Tulip' tower project in City of London vetoed by Sadiq Khan Read more For London, this was something of a surprise.
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