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TfL has selected a contractor for the much-needed (and much delayed) reworking of Victoria underground station. The rebuilding, to be undertaken by Vinci BAM Nuttall Limited, will see a new northern ticket hall under Bressenden Place, with work beginning next year. Further improvements include new …

Route of the new Boulevard, by M@. ‘The first major new road in London for a century is set to be car-free,’ claims the Standard, who apparently have never heard of the Westway, the Limehouse Link or any of the other major roads created in …

Chances are you’ll have seen Strata, even if you weren’t looking for it. The 147m-tall tower looms over south London, drawing in the eye from most of the city’s vantage points. With a distinctive profile that has sharply divided architecture fans and local residents alike, …

Local residents and users of the Tram Depot in Clapton are fighting back against redevelopment plans that threaten to demolish the mix of small businesses and art galleries currently occupying the old tramshed originally used for horse-drawn trams. Furniture makers, fabric designers, a foam factory, …

Here’s a first glimpse of plans to rebuild the Canal Market in Camden Town. Meh, looks OK. But is anyone else reminded of Jabba’s sand barge from Return of the Jedi? The shabby but loveable congeries of booths, barrows and brickery was gutted by fire …

One of the last remaining scars from the Blitz in central London is to be healed. Ham Yard, behind Piccadilly Circus, was never redeveloped after a sound drubbing from the Luftwaffe in the 1940s. Now, boutique hotel operator Firmdale have announced plans to build a …

With all attention focused on the reopened market on the site of last year’s fire, Camden Town’s Stables Market has been keeping a low profile. The former warren of horse tunnels is undergoing a radical and controversial transformation, centered on a new four-storey steel and …

Browsing through the skyscrapercity forums, we came across this vision for Camden Market from MAKE architects. The scheme would replace the fire-ravaged buildings still occupying the site of the 2008 conflagration. The plans will be controversial. Anywhere else, this would be a fairly jolly example …