LONDON'S SKYLINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 288, 5 December 1932, Page 9

LONDON'S SKYLINE.

CHANGES ALONG EMBANKMENT

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, Sunday.

"Building is very slack in England at present, and architects are having a. very lean time," said Mr. E. Lutyene, a London architect, nephew of the late Sir Edward Lutyene, on his arrival by the Kuahine from London at Wellington yesterday. Mr. Lutyens is accompanied by hie wife, who is also an architect, and their two sons.

"Although in some cases old buildings are being replaced by new, London doee not change its ekyline'much," continued Mr. Lutyens. "The- principal changes are along the Embankment, where several new buildings have recently been erected."' The Height limit which ruled in the rest of the city, he said, might be exceeded on the Embankment, and one of the tallest buildings in the city was the block of offices recently erected for -an oil company on the site of the old Hotel Cecil, a feature of the building being a tall clock tower. Mr. Lutyens doubted whether sufficient tenants would be offering to fill the building, as there was an exceee of office space available in, London. Right throughout: the country/houses were selling very cheaply, and country residences which cost thousands of pounds to build were practically given away.