In Pictures: The Shard, As Seen From Around London
After a growth spurt in the summer and autumn, the Shard at London Bridge has now reached nearly three-quarters of its height.
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The Architecture Of Bling Comes To Brompton Road
The “Brompton Diamond”, pictured above, a nine-story residential building, has been approved by Kensington & Chelsea council. As the name would suggest, it’ll be built on Brompton Road, just a short distance from Harrods and the upmarket stores of Knightsbridge. Curiously, this isn’t the first …
London’s Tallest Residential Tower To Be Built In Croydon?
Ah, Croydon: that urban blank slate upon which a developer’s quixotic dreams can be drawn. Emerging relatively unscathed from its mid-Noughties flirtation with becoming the Manhattan of Britain, there are some fresh new schemes being hatched. Take, for instance, this tower by architect Make, part …
‘Cheesegrater’ Tower Back On Track
The Leadenhall Tower, a Richard Rogers-designed skyscraper better known as the Cheesegrater because of its tapering form, looks set to go ahead after a cash injection from a Canadian pension fund, which has signed a joint venture deal with British Land, who own the site. …
Construction On Walkie-Talkie Tower To Begin
The City’s future skyline; the Walkie-Talkie tower is to the left Work to build 20 Fenchurch Street, whose bulbous form has earned it the name Walkie-Talkie tower, should begin very shortly after a joint deal to finance the £500 million building was signed by Land …
Will Peter Zumthor Design Next Serpentine Pavilion?
Vals Thermal Baths. Photo / p2cl Jean Nouvel’s current Serpentine pavilion hasn’t even been dismantled yet — it runs until the 17th October — but it is being reported that next year’s will be designed by Peter Zumthor. The Serpentine has yet make any official …
Black Heritage Centre Approved
Brixton’s derelict Raleigh Hall has been awarded a £4 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant which, combined with a £1 million contribution from the Mayor and regular cash injections from Lambeth council, will fund its conversion into a permanent home for the Black Cultural Archives. Located, …
New LSE Student Centre Approved
Westminster council has approved this angle-tastic new London School of Economics student centre. The project, which we first previewed last year, is effectively a huge student union, and in addition to a pub doling out the requisite tankards of snakebite, it will offer a gym, …
Harry Potter And The Architect’s Riddle
Have Warner Bros. struck some kind of weird product placement deal with Norman Foster? Posters for the new Harry Potter movie prominently feature structures designed by the architect, namely the Willis Building and City Hall. The previous flick was promoted by a Gherkin-focussed image, while …
Snag Hits National Theatre Revamp
The widow of Denys Lasdun, the architect who built the National Theatre on the South Bank, has lodged a last-minute complaint about the proposed plan to renovate the building. Susan Lasdun, who is backed by a coterie of architects styling themselves the “Lasdun Group”, believes …
Design Museum’s New Home One Step Closer
The project to turn the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington into the new home of the Design Museum has received a boost with a £300,000 development grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Not a huge sum for a scheme which will cost a fair few million …
