All Design for London articles
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NewsArchitecture Foundation launches playground competition
Design team sought for east London site near Olympic Park
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NewsStar architects appeal to Boris to save Design for London
London’s threatened design advisory body backed by Herzog, Gehry, Libeskind, Piano and Hadid
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NewsWork starts on Witherford Watson Mann's Flat Iron Square scheme in Southwark
Work has begun on Witherford Watson Mann’s scheme to redevelop Southwark’s Flat Iron Square.The project aims to make the square, which is intersected by Union Street, into a “better, brighter and cleaner” public space according to client the London Development Agency (LDA).It will close off the southern arm of Union ...
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Building StudyHatcham Gardens by East
East’s landscaping of Hatcham Gardens is part of a linear arboretum it is creating across the south London area of Deptford.
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Building StudySquare dancing at Barking Central
Muf’s wide variety of interventions, from an arboretum to a pseudo ruin, are a comment on the worst excesses of Barking Central, but create one of the most extraordinary public spaces in London
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Building StudyWoolwich gets a kick up the Arsenal
Since the closure of its munitions factories, Woolwich has become one of the most deprived parts of London. But now Witherford Watson Mann’s public realm improvements are leading a major effort to turn the area around
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Building StudyLandroom's RSPB complex
Landroom’s complex of buildings including a bird hide for the RSPB’s Rainham Marsh site in east London makes a novel use of old shipping containers
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Building Study5th Studio’s transformation of the River Lea Valley goes with the flow
Industrial infrastructure and open spaces along east London’s River Lea will form the spine of a design framework devised by architect 5th Studio for the area’s transformation into dynamic parkland
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Building StudyAdding a human touch
The old industrial swath of Dagenham Dock will soon be home to 16,500 dwellings. Before they arrive, the area is being transformed into a people-friendly, riverside location with a human scale