Approval for hotel covered in plants
The largest green wall in Europe has been approved for the City of London, with a new hotel to go where an old office block currently sits.
The largest green wall in Europe has been approved for the City of London, with a new hotel to go where an old office block currently sits.
The controversial plans for a tulip shaped viewing tower are back, with an appeal logged against the decision to block its construction.
Not far from Beckton DLR depot is an odd road that seems somewhat oversized and impressive for the minimal amount of traffic that uses it.
More information has been released about TfL’s plans to turn a long length of land next to a railway into blocks of flats.
The Museum of London has filed the formal planning application that will see it move from its London Wall site to the derelict market buildings at Smithfield.
With the City of London considering moving its historic meat market out of Smithfield, thoughts are turning to what could done with the empty buildings.
Two large artificial “trees” have been installed outside Leytonstone tube station and on the High Road to help improve air quality in the area.
One of Thames Water’s most spectacular structures – hidden under ancient woodland in London – was revealed in all its Victorian glory during maintenance work recently.
If someone said, design me something pointless then cover it in hype, then The Tide in Greenwich would be the result.
The Southbank’s brutalist office block occupied by IBM could be getting bigger if plans by the owners are approved by the council.
There are many contenders for best staircase in London, but I am going to pitch this little known staircase on the Southbank for the title.
Last week, an exhibition was held to show off the plans to turn London Transports former art-deco headquarters into a posh hotel.
150 years ago, a deep sloping road in Central London was replaced with a marvelous bridge — the Holborn Viaduct.
You’re a huge tent with large numbers of visitors thronging to see the latest instagram star, so what could be better than a long row of designer retailers to drain even more money from their wallets?
The shopping heart of London will soon have fewer shops, after the local trade group announced plans for a large-scale revamp of the area.
On a formerly oddly empty plot of land in Haymarket is a temporary exhibition pavilion.
A part of a major rebuilding project, the National Portrait Gallery has announced that it will be closing for three years, from the end of June 2020.
A long line of railway arches under the Hammersmith and City line are being rented out by TfL following refurbishment work.
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