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- Thomas Heatherwick's London Garden Bridge officially scrapped Wed, 16 Aug 17, 9:58pmPlans to build Thomas Heatherwick's controversial Garden Bridge in London have been officially scrapped. The Garden Bridge Trust charity - created to build and run the bridge - just announced the end of the project due to...
- Safari treehouse offers a taste of South Africa on London’s South Bank Fri, 29 Jan 16, 4:30amInspired by the Lion Sands Game Reserve’s treehouse in South Africa, Virgin Holidays’ weeklong installation was created to promote the company’s ‘Wonderlist' luxury holiday packages...
- Luxury safari treehouse offers a taste of South Africa on London’s South Bank Fri, 29 Jan 16, 1:00amInspired by the Lion Sands Game Reserve’s treehouse in South Africa, Virgin Holidays’ weeklong installation was created to promote the company’s ‘Wonderlist' luxury holiday packages...
- UK’s “first amphibious house” floats itself to escape flooding Fri, 22 Jan 16, 1:00amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukmb0heGyJk Clad in zinc shingles and ample high-performance glazing, the unique waterfront home rests on fixed foundations that are separated to allow the structure to float upwards when the...
- Futuristic inflatable spa engulfs visitors in mist on the River Thames Fri, 5 Jun 15, 6:00pmThe Nine Elms Horticultural Spa & Apothecary Experience is an experimental public space created to coincide with the ongoing Chelsea Fringe Festival and the London Festival of Architecture...
- Haworth Tompkins completes $1.2 billion renovation of London’s brutalist National Theatre Tue, 26 May 15, 8:00pmOriginally deigned by Denys Lasdun in 1976, London's National Theatre is considered one of the finest examples of brutalist architecture for the public sector...
- Thomas Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge Gets Green Light from London’s Lambeth Council Thu, 13 Nov 14, 1:51amEarly renderings of the Garden Bridge show a planted promenade with winding pathways elevated atop two fluted piers. "The Garden Bridge will be an extraordinarily special place, either to race across, relax in or look back...
- London Proposes £600M Bicycle Highway to Float Along the River Thames Tue, 7 Oct 14, 2:00amA new bicycle lane in London could have cyclists floating on the River Thames. The Thames Deckway, proposed by River Cycleway Consortium Ltd, would create a bicycle-only path along the river and give cyclists a direct route...
- London’s Tallest Residential Tower Reenlivens a Former Brownfield Wed, 29 Jan 14, 4:59amThe presence of One St George Wharf has awakened the area surrounding it, encouraging other developers to invest in improving local transportation, education and healthcare programs...
- London to Launch Edible Fireworks Display to Ring in the New Year! Thu, 12 Dec 13, 6:00amRevelers at this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration at South Bank in London will actually be able to taste the annual fireworks display! Thanks to food scientists Bompas & Parr, for the first time Londoners will be...
- Gehry and Foster Selected to Add Architectural Icons to London’s Battersea Power Station Thu, 24 Oct 13, 3:00amLos Angeles-based firm Gehry Partners and British architects Foster & Partners have been chosen to design the third phase of the Battersea Power Station mixed-use development...
- Gehry and Foster to Add Architectural Icons to London’s Battersea Power Station Thu, 24 Oct 13, 12:00amLos Angeles-based firm Gehry Partners and British architects Foster & Partners have been chosen to design the third phase of the Battersea Power Station mixed-use development...
- Greenpeace climbs Shard tower in London because they think it looks like ice Thu, 11 Jul 13, 11:18pmThe stupid, it burns. #iceclimb is probably the dumbest and most transparent ploy for donations ever by Greenpeace. They say: This building – modelled on a shard of ice – sits slap bang in the middle of Shell’s...
- Greenpeace climbs Shell tower in London because they think it looks like ice Thu, 11 Jul 13, 11:18pmThe stupid, it burns. #iceclimb is probably the dumbest and most transparent ploy for donations ever by Greenpeace. They say: This building – modelled on a shard of ice – sits slap bang in the middle of Shell’s...
- London Plans a High Line-Style Park for the River Thames Fri, 14 Jun 13, 6:00amLondon may be getting its own version of the High Line park along the River Thames. The team of Erect Architecture and J&L Gibbons landscape architects were chosen in a competition organized by RIBA and Vauxhall One....