We have often written here about London’s architecture and how it inspires us with new ideas for stylish transformations of homes, both inside and out.

While so much of the capital’s built environment reflects various styles that have been in vogue down the centuries – such as medieval, Georgian, Regency, Victorian or Art Deco, it has also embraced the modern and the post-modern in a big way, as the eclectic design of its 21st century skyscrapers reveals.

All that begs the fascinating question; what comes next? London is a city that never stands still and there are plans for all sorts of developments to follow those under construction or built in recent years. All that could have a knock-on effect on future London interior design ideas.

Of course, it is easy to think speculatively of what London might be like in the more distant future, with flying cars, moving walkways to every home and other elements that make it look like the set of The Jetsons. However, of greater concern may be those buildings that are currently in the planning process or on which construction has commenced.

The first thing to note is that high-rise buildings will continue to be prominent. 16 months ago, the Londonist reported that the pandemic was doing nothing to stop the ongoing surge in skyscraper construction.

So it has proved, with buildings like 1 Leadenhall Street and the Bankside Yards tower in the City under construction and two more buildings, 1 Undershaft and 100 Leadenhall, on the way. The latter pair will be 290 and 263 metres tall respectively.

Nor is it just the City where the trend is upwards, with this is Local London reporting his month that Lewisham is set to see several new skyscrapers built despite the relative paucity of transport links, since it has the DLR but no Tube (at least until the Bakerloo line is extended).

What any perusal of the images of these new developments reveals, however, is that there is plenty of variety of shape and size, continuing a theme that has been a key feature of the more recent London skyscrapers.

Some might imagine that is inevitable when a city starts transforming its skyline this way, but it isn’t.

Indeed, as the Manchester Evening News reports, a public debate on the way that city has seen its central area changed with a proliferation of skyscraper construction (with many more to come) has prompted much criticism, a common lament being that the towers are ‘too uniform’ in shape.

One respondent pointed to how much more innovative designs were in other cities, picking out Singapore and Hong Kong as two overseas examples and observing: “Many have floors dedicated to nature with gardens and trees. The buildings themselves are almost tourist attractions and works of art.”

That may in itself be a challenge to London, although one can point to developments like the Sky Garden in the distinctive ‘Walkie Talkie’ skyscraper as just such a development.

Herein lies the key point: as design becomes more innovative, it is not just the exterior of buildings that become more novel; the same can apply indoors and the two can work wonderfully well together, for example, by having more natural light to enable increased indoor plant growth.

This is why, as London looks to the future, we can be sure interior design will offer plenty of innovation.