A group of leading architects have launched plans to rebuild the iconic Skylon, a 300ft tall cigar-shaped structure.
London's Skylon was formed in 1951 was transformed, as part of the Festival of Britain, by the erection of one of the most striking structures ever built in the country.
The Skylon was an architectural and engineering marvel designed by two young architects Jacko Moya and Philip Powell still in their twenties, of Powell and Moya Architects. The architects' design was made structurally elegant and minimal by the engineer Felix Samuely. With a base 40 feet from the ground and the top nearly 300 feet high - the Skylon was more sculpture than building: it was part Zeppelin, part-rocket, part-minaret, and floated like an up-ended airship above the South Bank.
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It is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain and the creation of the Skylon. The re-creation of the structure would be a fitting way to commemorate this unique and exciting time in British history according to campaigners, lead by former Royal British Institute of Architects.
The campaigners have an open view as to where the structure should be located.
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