Liike a cross between The Jetsons and a flugelhorn, this towering structure would have served London's anticipated need for helicopter landing space. Dubbed Skyport One, the 1957 proposal would have towered over the Waterloo area. Quite why the pads had to be raised so high is not clear. This was one of numerous impressive schemes from the
Glass Age Development Committee, who dreamed up many lofty ways to use glass architecturally at a time when that still seemed novel.
