Sky Garden

Sky Garden sits atop the same Fenchurch Street tower that made headlines in 2013, when its concave glass curve focused sunlight into a beam strong enough to warp a parked Jaguar and fry an egg on the pavement below. The guide follows the building's reputation as the Walkie-Scorchie through its Carbuncle Cup win, and the compromise between the leafy garden promised in the plans and the ferns and succulents that opened instead. Head up on a clear day and look west along the Thames past the Tate.