North & West London construction thread - Page 4

wawd · January 31st, 2009, 12:33 AM

great thread, thanks henry

delores · January 31st, 2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by henry

Forgot this one, its site 1 from the masterplan and its been complete for a while, I like it.

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I know some people don't like this building but I think its fab, Quirky and dense.

mulattokid · January 31st, 2009, 10:10 AM

I think its fantastic...walking down a grey winter street and being confronted with a giant Canary!

Manuel · January 31st, 2009, 12:43 PM

Some more photos from around Emirates

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mulattokid · January 31st, 2009, 02:47 PM

As promised. my trip to West and Central Ealing today.

first lets say goodbye to an old friend

Apartment blocks above West Ealing Station

This is the view to where the Leaf would have stood..the white tower in the bottom distant left.

Now some of the lovely main street scenes of Ealing that wouldhave been ruined by the Leaf project.

The green building used to be an office...I prefer it the way it was!
The Leaf would have appeared behind the Town hall from this angle...the brown office building furthest away.

Shit! my bus! Bye

delores · February 1st, 2009, 12:00 AM

That residential building with the green glass balconies should be banned on this forum.

mulattokid · February 1st, 2009, 10:37 AM

Apologies- That building was a caterpillar of a sixties office block.

We were promised it would metamorphasise into a beautiful butterfly...instead we got a squashed caterpillar oozing green gunk!

GazKinz · February 8th, 2009, 08:08 PM

Here are some pictures of a recently completed Barret development on Oval Road in Camden Town.

Vodski Bandit · February 9th, 2009, 03:43 AM

I think that looks great, really like it, different and bold without trying to be 'whacky'.. The colours work really well together too

NothingBetterToDo · February 9th, 2009, 03:45 AM

I agree, those turned out really well - i remember surveying them when they were under construction and i wasn't too sure about the colours and massing.

But judging by those pics i was wrong to be concerned.

henry · February 19th, 2009, 02:42 PM

Quick update on the 210 Pentonville Road building from the first page of the thread.

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henry · February 19th, 2009, 02:56 PM

This is a pretty big development close to old street roundabout

10 East Road (New Roman House), Old Street
Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Developer: East Road Investments

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a 3 star hotel development of 230 rooms, an
office building totalling 6,158 sq.m. and student accommodation of 689 units.

It will be composed of two buildings formed in four ‘blocks’ along with 6 disabled car parking
spaces, 367 cycle parking spaces, access, landscaping and associated works.
• Building 1: Part 8, part-14 and part 17-storey building to provide for student
accommodation (689 beds) and A1 use (538 sq.m.) at ground floor level.
• Building 2: Part 11 and part 12-storey building to provide C3 hotel use (230 beds) and B1
office use (6,158 sq.m.).

Mayor's comments: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/plann...oad_report.pdf

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Location
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Current buildings, it looks like they've been vacated already
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henry · February 19th, 2009, 03:37 PM

Ok, this is in Homerton which is really in north east London, but I'll stick it hear for the time being since we're already covering developments in Dalston here. I might look at making an East London thread at some point.

The Architects Davy Smith have loads of interesting buildings on the way in and around Hackney, Homerton and Hackney Wick. Check it out on their website.

Sedgwick Street, Homerton
Architects: Davy Smith
Developer: Servite Housing/Countryview

This has taken an age to go up but now the white sheeting is off I really like it. It over looks Homerton Station and is part of a predictable (but not entirely unwelcome) attempt to reimagine the area around it as Homerton Quarter. The area certainly still needs a lot of work but this is a good start.

Pics from a few weeks ago
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henry · February 19th, 2009, 04:14 PM

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A seamless A&M in fill, also on Gillespie road
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A while ago I wrongly attributed this to Allies and Morrison, it has in fact come from the pen of Mole Architects

fitz44 · February 19th, 2009, 11:40 PM

Thanks for the updates today henry - some interesting stuff going on. The Old Street development is an interesting one. Lifschutz did some good stuff around Coin St, so hopefully it will look better than the drawing suggest. Although the poor old pub looks completely swamped;

london lad · February 20th, 2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by henry

This is a pretty big development close to old street roundabout

Location
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Current buildings, it looks like they've been vacated already
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Terrible - Another nail in the Old St Roundabout...I men Village. The local village pub will be swamped & the local village offices will be replaced by these enormous blocks!!

Varenukha · February 20th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Agreed - a real disaster that spells the end of a wornderful and thriving local community in Ye Olde Street hamlet. Children play in the streets, young folk help the aged across the road and there's never any trouble. Those nasty developers want to tear down these thatched cottages and replace them with ugly metal skyscrapers. Damn their eyes.

chrissyb · February 20th, 2009, 08:37 PM

What a Friday night treat of a thread.

Some of the buildings incorporating strong contrasting colours are fantastic.

I will continue reading...

delores · February 20th, 2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Varenukha

Agreed - a real disaster that spells the end of a wornderful and thriving local community in Ye Olde Street hamlet. Children play in the streets, young folk help the aged across the road and there's never any trouble. Those nasty developers want to tear down these thatched cottages and replace them with ugly metal skyscrapers. Damn their eyes.

LOL...This area is such a shitehole although i would say there are some interesting parts to it, I welcome the densification. It's what is needed in this area. Eagle house and now this will make this part of London very busy in the future.

Charbonnier · February 20th, 2009, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by henry

Ok, this is in Homerton which is really in north east London, but I'll stick it hear for the time being since we're already covering developments in Dalston here. I might look at making an East London thread at some point.

The Architects Davy Smith have loads of interesting buildings on the way in and around Hackney, Homerton and Hackney Wick. Check it out on their website.

Sedgwick Street, Homerton
Architects: Davy Smith
Developer: Servite Housing/Countryview

This has taken an age to go up but now the white sheeting is off I really like it. It over looks Homerton Station and is part of a predictable (but not entirely unwelcome) attempt to reimagine the area around it as Homerton Quarter. The area certainly still needs a lot of work but this is a good start.

I agree, this is an ok start. But I just wonder who is going to buy here at the moment.

there are one or two other interesting things happening on the fairly gruesome stretch between Hackney Central and Homerton

January 31st, 2009, 12:33 AM	#61
wawd Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Greenwich Peninsula Posts: 1,477 Likes (Received): 0	great thread, thanks henry __________________ wawd's flickr

January 31st, 2009, 10:10 AM	#63
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,421 Likes (Received): 100	I think its fantastic...walking down a grey winter street and being confronted with a giant Canary! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

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January 31st, 2009, 02:47 PM	#65
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,421 Likes (Received): 100	As promised. my trip to West and Central Ealing today. first lets say goodbye to an old friend Apartment blocks above West Ealing Station This is the view to where the Leaf would have stood..the white tower in the bottom distant left. Now some of the lovely main street scenes of Ealing that wouldhave been ruined by the Leaf project. The green building used to be an office...I prefer it the way it was! The Leaf would have appeared behind the Town hall from this angle...the brown office building furthest away. Shit! my bus! Bye __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008) Last edited by mulattokid; January 31st, 2009 at 02:55 PM.

February 1st, 2009, 10:37 AM	#67
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,421 Likes (Received): 100	Apologies- That building was a caterpillar of a sixties office block. We were promised it would metamorphasise into a beautiful butterfly...instead we got a squashed caterpillar oozing green gunk! __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

February 1st, 2009, 12:00 AM	#66
delores Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,564 Likes (Received): 25	That residential building with the green glass balconies should be banned on this forum.

February 8th, 2009, 08:08 PM	#68
GazKinz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Camden Town Posts: 2,185 Likes (Received): 0	Here are some pictures of a recently completed Barret development on Oval Road in Camden Town. __________________ My best shots of 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazkinz/

February 9th, 2009, 03:43 AM	#69
Vodski Bandit Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London Posts: 364 Likes (Received): 0	I think that looks great, really like it, different and bold without trying to be 'whacky'.. The colours work really well together too

February 9th, 2009, 03:45 AM	#70
NothingBetterToDo Better To Do Nothing Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 10,536 Likes (Received): 1	I agree, those turned out really well - i remember surveying them when they were under construction and i wasn't too sure about the colours and massing. But judging by those pics i was wrong to be concerned. __________________ My Pictures: London - Amsterdam - Copenhagen - Berlin - Oslo - Bergen - Prague - Dublin

February 19th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#71
henry Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 566 Likes (Received): 0	Quick update on the 210 Pentonville Road building from the first page of the thread. image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr

February 19th, 2009, 02:56 PM	#72
henry Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 566 Likes (Received): 0	This is a pretty big development close to old street roundabout 10 East Road (New Roman House), Old Street Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Developer: East Road Investments Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a 3 star hotel development of 230 rooms, an office building totalling 6,158 sq.m. and student accommodation of 689 units. It will be composed of two buildings formed in four ‘blocks’ along with 6 disabled car parking spaces, 367 cycle parking spaces, access, landscaping and associated works. • Building 1: Part 8, part-14 and part 17-storey building to provide for student accommodation (689 beds) and A1 use (538 sq.m.) at ground floor level. • Building 2: Part 11 and part 12-storey building to provide C3 hotel use (230 beds) and B1 office use (6,158 sq.m.). Mayor's comments: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/plann...oad_report.pdf Render image hosted on flickr Location image hosted on flickr Current buildings, it looks like they've been vacated already image hosted on flickr Last edited by henry; February 20th, 2009 at 12:14 AM.

February 19th, 2009, 03:37 PM	#73
henry Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 566 Likes (Received): 0	Ok, this is in Homerton which is really in north east London, but I'll stick it hear for the time being since we're already covering developments in Dalston here. I might look at making an East London thread at some point. The Architects Davy Smith have loads of interesting buildings on the way in and around Hackney, Homerton and Hackney Wick. Check it out on their website. Sedgwick Street, Homerton Architects: Davy Smith Developer: Servite Housing/Countryview This has taken an age to go up but now the white sheeting is off I really like it. It over looks Homerton Station and is part of a predictable (but not entirely unwelcome) attempt to reimagine the area around it as Homerton Quarter. The area certainly still needs a lot of work but this is a good start. Pics from a few weeks ago image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr

February 19th, 2009, 11:40 PM	#75
fitz44 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,203 Likes (Received): 6	Thanks for the updates today henry - some interesting stuff going on. The Old Street development is an interesting one. Lifschutz did some good stuff around Coin St, so hopefully it will look better than the drawing suggest. Although the poor old pub looks completely swamped; __________________ London Random and Unseen Photos; http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=637985

February 20th, 2009, 05:37 PM	#77
Varenukha London, UK Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 702 Likes (Received): 0	Agreed - a real disaster that spells the end of a wornderful and thriving local community in Ye Olde Street hamlet. Children play in the streets, young folk help the aged across the road and there's never any trouble. Those nasty developers want to tear down these thatched cottages and replace them with ugly metal skyscrapers. Damn their eyes.

February 20th, 2009, 08:37 PM	#78
chrissyb Lincoln - London - Greece Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Greece Posts: 600 Likes (Received): 1	What a Friday night treat of a thread. Some of the buildings incorporating strong contrasting colours are fantastic. I will continue reading...

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