By Damian Holmes, on August 4th, 2010
SOURCE: Flickr – By celesteh (Les Hutchins)
Recently London’s newest public transport system went live with 5000 bikes available with more than 12,000 members signed up to use the scheme, with over 6000 keys activated. Londoners using the scheme can from today take a cycle from one of 315 docking stations based every 300m or so throughout [...]
By Damian Holmes, on February 25th, 2010
OLIN is part of the team lead by KieranTimberlake that recently won the competition for the US Embassy to be built in Battersea (London), UK. From among 37 architectural submissions, four finalists were chosen to explore the symbolism of the Embassy and its presence and position in the cityscape of London. OLIN was the landscape [...]
By Damian Holmes, on January 29th, 2010
“Neues Wohnen” in Hamburg-Jenfeld has been awarded the Golf Award in this year’s International Urban Landscape Award (IULA). The ecological neighbourhood project, which was submitted by West 8 urban design & landscapes architecture in Rotterdam, is the winner of the €25,000 prize.
Lea River Park in East London and The LifE Project in Hackbridge, Peterborough and [...]
By Damian Holmes, on December 23rd, 2009
Recently at the Copenhagen climate summit the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson revealed plans for a comprehensive network of electric charge points in the capital, supporting the mainstream use of zero carbon-emission electric vehicles by 2015. The plan shows that Londoners will have access to 22,500 charge points at work, 500 on the street and [...]
By Damian Holmes, on December 1st, 2009
London Borough of Southwark announced that they have awarded the £1.5 billion (circa A$2.7 billion) regeneration of Elephant & Castle to Lend Lease.
The project is one of the most significant schemes of its type in Europe, comprising over 300,000 square metres of new build, mixed-use development, together with major infrastructure improvements and a range of [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 18th, 2009
Landscape architect Scape Design Associates has been appointed to create a new public square in a major west London shopping area after beating shortlisted rivals Gillespies and Burns & Nice. The design will be developed with continued public consultation for planning application.
SOURCE: bdonline.co.uk
IMAGE SOURCE: King Street Regeneration
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By Damian Holmes, on November 3rd, 2009
Europe’s busiest diagonal crossing was unveiled today by London Mayor Boris Johnson following a £5million makeover which has seen Oxford Circus get the X factor.
For the first time ever shoppers will be able to cross the busy intersection diagonally in an ‘X’ as well as straight ahead – meaning the junction will be able to [...]
By Damian Holmes, on October 26th, 2009
The Mayor of London and Transport for London have released a plan to improve cyclists safety on the roads of London.
London’s boroughs and cycling groups are being asked to comment on the content of the plan, which highlights the needs for action by:
· Promoting the cycling safety message to all road users.
· Delivering new, safe cycle routes [...]