LONDON | Project Compilation Thread - Page 28

Bedhead · #**541** Posted **Nov 1, 2009, 12:14 PM**

Great news - Fitzrovia could do with something interesting going on.

IciLondres · #**542** Posted **Nov 2, 2009, 4:21 PM**

Sorry what happened to my post?

I would have thought a perfectly relevant point that this forum should stand by itself and that any pictures linked to this site should come from active third-party accounts (ie the people who post them should know they are active because they own the accounts).

I don't know why anyone would want to ban me for saying that.

If you just want a forum with dead links to pictures that don't exist then feel free to ban someone who has worked in the industry for years and just have 'bandwith exceeded' photobucket signs.

I only post here because I love London and I love architecture.

Why should I not complain about this. My post gets removed and this stays on:

IciLondres · #**543** Posted **Nov 2, 2009, 4:42 PM**

Quote:

Great news - Fitzrovia could do with something interesting going on.

Can't wait to go. I don't think either that people know the Gherkin restaurant is going to be open to the public soon.

IciLondres · #**544** Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 5:08 PM**

I don't know if this guy, Fitz, gets involved in the bash-Boris campaign that most 1,000+ posters have over at biased news, but this was (one of the few) really good posts seen over there.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...221131&page=41

Fantastic. Appreciates architecture, realises that One New Change is going to be a great building for London and takes one or two great shots, the like of which we will soon be enjoying on a regular basis.

robanito · #**545** Posted **Nov 17, 2009, 5:17 PM**

Je suis jaloux

IciLondres · #**546** Posted **Nov 18, 2009, 7:14 PM**

I don't think for very long because BL is about to sell the project. But if talks take too long we could have a farm in the middle of the city for up to two years!

IciLondres · #**547** Posted **Nov 20, 2009, 11:34 AM**

This morning from Masthouse Pier.

IciLondres · #**548** Posted **Nov 26, 2009, 1:45 PM**

What are the implications for London development.

A lot more worrying than Boris.

wjfox2004 · #**549** Posted **Dec 10, 2009, 10:41 AM**

Pics of my own from this morning, crossing Waterloo Bridge.

Swede · #**550** Posted **Dec 11, 2009, 7:00 PM**

The skyline from entrence level outide Wembley Stadium.

My photo from my trip to London in late november.

wjfox2004 · #**551** Posted **Dec 21, 2009, 7:36 PM**

I've created a Twitter page for the Shard -

http://twitter.com/LondonShard

wjfox2004 · #**552** Posted **Dec 22, 2009, 8:12 PM**

A video from today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzueIBwgEtk

You can download the hi-res version here -

http://www.willfox.com/videos/skyscrapers/shard/4.wmv

Bedhead · #**553** Posted **Dec 27, 2009, 6:30 PM**

Strata, poking up from behind Waterloo Station.

my pic

That really is great news about the Gherkin, btw. Hopefully the security stories from over Christmas won't make them change their plans.

wjfox2004 · #**554** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 1:48 PM**

By Neil J Smith:

By Herschell Herschey:

IciLondres · #**555** Posted **Jan 4, 2010, 4:46 PM**

While the disastrous Brown-led government is banging the last nail into the coffin of JPM's Riverside South development (not to mention UK PLC) by imposing impossible taxes on our most successful industry, the Mayor of London fights back...

Today he has announced he will use his call-in powers once again by reviewing a decision to refuse the Southall Gas Works scheme.

4,000 homes, a hotel, cinema and sports facilities were rejected by the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hillingdon.

But after he turned round the rejection of Columbus Tower, Boris now aims to get this much-needed redevelopment, already described by CABE as "potentially fantastic" back up and running.

Boris, anyone who loves London should appreciate the work you are doing fighting the bumbling left-wing councils.

IciLondres · #**556** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:00 PM**

Design team Chimera has conceived of an incredible series of spiraling skyscrapers for London modeled after the complex ecosystems created by the mangrove tree. Dubbed Mangal City, the project is an “urban ecological system” composed of modular pod capsules that shift to adapt to environmental and contextual conditions. A beautiful example of biomimicry and certainly a flight of fancy, the plan proposes a futuristic building system based upon flexibility.

Featuring a twisting latticed frame reminiscent of Eric Vergne’s Manhattan skyscraper farms, Mangal City harnesses biomimetic principles borrowed from a range of sources. The skyscraper’s structure is modeled after mangrove trees, spiraling plant growth patterns, and the interaction of natural ecosystems.

http://theenergycollective.com/TheEn...llective/56229

Bedhead · #**557** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 5:44 PM**

Cool - looks like a cross between the Nakagin Capsule tower in Japan and some kind of Calatrava design.

Looking at some of the arguments for and against the Southall Gas Works scheme, it's hard to see how anyone could be against it (apart from the handful of people facing a compulsory purchase order). It's a derelict, brownfield industrial site that is about to be converted into houses and shops. The only argument against it is that it will lead to congestion on the roads, but every development comes up against that objection. Seems like nimbyism of the worst order. As usual, CABE is the voice of reason.

wjfox2004 · #**558** Posted **Jan 12, 2010, 10:19 AM**

The Shard webcam from Guys Hospital is still down. The other two are okay now.

You can see part of the structure rising in the bottom one...

IciLondres · #**559** Posted **Jan 13, 2010, 9:17 AM**

Why does a big tower in an area of big towers constitute a bad planning decision?

http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/darren-j...tlist/20109535

Four of Mayor Boris Johnson’s most controversial planning decisions are in the running for London Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s annual “worst planning decision” award.

The Green Party AM gives the award, an inscribed breeze-block, for the planning decision he considers to be the most damaging, in parallel to the Mayor’s London Planning Awards.

This year’s shortlist for the prize is:

London City Airport, Newham
“Doubling the number of flights will mean huge increases in noise for residents and increasing carbon emissions from a Mayor who claims to lead the fight against climate change.”

Brent Cross Cricklewood, Barnet
“By waving through a development that will create a surge in traffic and air pollution, the Mayor has undermined city-wide efforts to improve air quality, and has done nothing to help severely affected centres in neighbouring boroughs.”

Columbus Tower, Tower Hamlets
“The Mayor intervened to help this 63 storey tower go ahead on the edge of Canary Wharf against the local council’s wishes, apparently because Crossrail money was at stake.”

Project: Ferrier Estate, Greenwich
“The Mayor gave no objections to this regeneration project, which will slash the number of social rented homes from 1,730 to 730 in a London borough with 13,486 households on its waiting list.”

Announcing the shortlist Johnson said: “The Mayor’s second year in charge of London’s biggest planning decisions has revealed his true priorities. Despite all his talk about sweetening the air and making London pleasant, he is waving through developments that will increase noise and pollution. The Mayor has overruled a local council for Crossrail money, but has shown little leadership in stemming the loss of affordable housing and the probable growth in congestion.”

The winner of the 2010 Worst Planning Decision Award will be announced in March, the day before the Mayor hosts the London Planning Awards in City Hall.

IciLondres · #**560** Posted **Jan 19, 2010, 12:29 PM**

LONDON (Reuters) - Land Securities is banking on development to spearhead its 2010 expansion plans as Britain's elite property firms ponder the most efficient ways to grow profits as the market romps towards another pricing bubble.

The blue-chip landlord said Tuesday it would pump 655 million pounds into three new projects in London, signalling short-term preference for construction over acquisitions, amid fears UK commercial property prices are overheating just four months after the market bottomed out.

Works on the three schemes at Park House in Mayfair, and Wellington House and Selborne House in Victoria, will begin in the first and second quarter, with completions due in 2012 and 2013, Land Securities said in a third-quarter trading update.

Selborne:

Park:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...ties.html?_r=1