Architecture - Archive Articles

Tickets Alert: Visit the Earl’s Court development site

The former Earl's Court exhibition centre is currently a flattened building site waiting for a large, and at times controversial, housing development to start.

Tickets Alert: Tours of St Pancras railway station

Short notice, but there will be guided tours of St Pancras station this coming Saturday (6th July).

Deep hole on Fleet Street marks milestone for London’s new legal hub

A large hole has appeared in the City of London, as a vast basement is dug on Fleet Street for a new building.

Seeing inside the derelict Bishopsgate Goodsyard arches

A set of industrial gates was recently unlocked, allowing people to enter a central London space that has been derelict for 60 years.

Cold War tunnels under Holborn approved to become a tourist attraction

A network of Cold War tunnels under Holborn has taken a step closer to opening up as a public venue now that the City of London has approved planning permission for the change of use.

Camden’s Buck Street Market transforms into Boxpark ahead of Tube station upgrade

A plot of land that will be needed when Camden Town tube station gets a second entrance is to become a Boxpark instead -- at least until the tube station upgrade goes ahead.

Wider footbridge planned for Silvertown housing development

A curvy footbridge planned for east London will be wider than originally planned after the local council agreed to fund a larger bridge to carry more people.

Redbridge council greenlights new Lido for Valentine’s Park

Thirty years after the original was demolished, Valentine’s Park in East London will get a replacement open-air swimming pool - with a new lido.

Tickets Alert: Southbank Centre resumes architecture tours

Once a semi-regular event before the pandemic, the Southbank Centre is resuming its architectural tours of its buildings.

Tickets Alert: Architecture tours of Haringey’s grade II listed Civic Centre

Next month, you can take an architect-led tour of Haringey’s Civic Centre, a Grade II-listed modern building designed in 1938 but thanks to WWII, wasn't built until 1958.

Demolition of the old Museum of London will go ahead

The old Museum of London site on London Wall will be demolished after the government decided not to call in the planning application for review.

Plans shown off for 1,500 homes above ASDA’s Park Royal superstore

A large ASDA superstore in west London could be redeveloped into a new housing site with around 1,500 homes close to the future Old Oak Common station.

Wallpaper maker to return to former offices nearly a century after moving out

An Arts and Crafts wallpaper factory in Chiswick built in 1902 has recently been restored and will again be occupied by the firm that commissioned it, along with the William Morris wallpaper designs that form its archive.

Tickets Alert: Visit the Cosmic House in Holland Park

A slightly unassuming house in Holland Park conceals a remarkable interior — a house packed full of early Post-Modernist designs — and is now occasionally open to the public.

See inside one of the legendary Isokon flats

The Isokon Flats in north London are famous as much for their architecture as for the bohemian lifestyle of the residents in their early years. Now, one of the residents occasionally opens their flat to the public.

Tickets Alert: See inside the Bishopsgate Goodsyard arches

Ahead of their redevelopment, there will be a chance to visit the empty arches underneath Spitalfields's Bishopsgate Goodsyard.

Tickets Alert: Architecture tours of Heals department store

Tottenham Court Road's Heal's department store is as notable for the early 20th-century building they occupy for being London's oldest furniture retailer and for the building's impressive architecture.

New development planned next to the disused York Road tube station

A plot of land next to the disused York Road tube station that's been undeveloped for 30 years could soon be the site of a large medical research lab now that engineers have solved the problem of how to build on a site that sits above five railway tunnels.

The City of London’s Moorfields Highwalk has reopened

Another section of the City of London's elevated walkways -- the pedways -- has come back into use after being rebuilt for a new office building.

Demolition of the old Museum of London approved — but also delayed

The City of London has approved plans to demolish the former Museum of London building and neighbouring Bastion House, but the Communities Secretary Michael Gove has also called the plans in for review.

Consultation into housing next to Hampton Court railway station

A long running plan to build houses on the car park next to Hampton Court railway station has been referred to a new consultation to see if it can proceed.

Fenwick on Bond Street to be converted into offices

The former Fenwick department store on Bond Street will be getting a roof garden as part of a rebuilding project which has been granted planning permission by Westminster Council.

Paul Catherall designs modernist matchboxes

This is rather fun, you can now buy matchboxes decorated with modernist architecture on the boxes.

Marylebone Makeover: Rain gardens to flourish in former pedestrian subway

One of London’s biggest sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) is about to be built in the derelict pedestrian subway under the Marylebone flyover.