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In pics: Paddington squares up to Renzo Piano’s £825m Cube

By 2021-07-28T06:00:00

_Renzo Piano Paddington Cube in July 2021 (4)

72-storey office block dubbed Paddington Pole was sliced by 80% after outcry

The cladding has begun to go up on Renzo Piano’s £825m Paddington Square tower, giving the first idea of how the “ice cube” will look once complete.

Piano was forced to lop 58 storeys, or 80%, from his original proposal, after a huge outcry over the damage the so-called Paddington Pole would do to cherished views.

When he presented his revised designs in 2016 he said: “When you exit [Paddington] station you will see a clear floating cube ‘levitating’ above the ground.

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