Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall - redevelopment plans and news

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You can still see the old girl from the road, if you twist, stretch, crane your neck, stand on top toes

 

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How much for a view from a tower? Battersea Power Station: Interactive image provides chimney preview

 

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I had been wondering what had happened to the cranes too -

 

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We took a walk down the Wandsworth Road to Vauxhall earlier...Christ it's high and ugly.
Power station from the East

 

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Opening soon then, but only to a select few of course Lone swimmer tests Sky Pool ahead of official launch next month

 

[Cerv]

no lane markings? it's like they don't want people to actually use the pool.

 

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It may not be quite finished yet; it's not officially open yet.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Opening soon then, but only to a select few of course Lone swimmer tests Sky Pool ahead of official launch next month

The irony of this pool is that the flats are so expensive and in central London that you wonder if anyone will actually really live there. The pool will function as a desirable asset devoid of its function.

(it is pretty wow, I visited a few months ago, it’s opposite the US embassy)

 

[Cerv]

the pool will function as allowing the architects to boast that they did this thing no-one had done before. and that's what really matters.

 

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If you have the money, this could be magnifcient, that is if you don't mind the high buildings either side and the noise of helicopters
from the neighbouring heliport

Super rare private dock for sale in Battersea with permission for floating home

With over 980 years left on the lease, this private dock in Battersea is calling out for a houseboat fan or river commuter with deep pockets.

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[RoyReed]

First of a series of five articles on BPS:

Battersea Power Station – A Life in Five Acts

In a new departure for the Society, Helen Bowman offers members a five-part trek through the life and times of Battersea Power Station, starting with the development of coal-generated electricity f…

artdecosociety.uk

 

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From top of a bus in opposite directions

 

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Showing the extent of the horror show

 

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Seriously, how the fuck was an iconic London landmark and listed building ever allowed to be encased by housing developments and literally hidden from view from at least three sides?

It’s particularly painful from the other side of the river, when it had been shown in all its glory since it came to existence, but has disappeared completely other than the chimneys. For a country that usually has exemplary laws governing heritage buildings and safeguarding the preexisting views of them, I can’t believe this was given the go-ahead.

 

[RoyReed]

First of a series of five articles on BPS:

Battersea Power Station – A Life in Five Acts

In a new departure for the Society, Helen Bowman offers members a five-part trek through the life and times of Battersea Power Station, starting with the development of coal-generated electricity f…

artdecosociety.uk

The final article is now online: Battersea Power Station Part 5 – Afterlife

 

[Crispy]

Seriously, how the fuck was an iconic London landmark and listed building ever allowed to be encased by housing developments and literally hidden from view from at least three sides?

A mixture of financial and planning pressure. The overall development has two high built-in fixed costs: Repairing and cleaning the site of industrial waste, and stabilising and refurbishing the power station. This requires a certain m² of commercial floorspace to cover the cost.

The previous scheme for the site by Rafael Vinoly had a 300m tower that would contain a large amount of this commercial space (while also working as a "solar chimney" to provide natural ventialtion to the buildings below. As a result, the power station itself was not as crowded, and there was a mixture of densities and heights.

Battersea Power Station redevelopment by Rafael Viñoly Architects | Dezeen

Architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in London. The proposal, for developer Treasury Holdings, includes a 300 metre high tower and an "Eco-Dome". Here's some more info from the developer: -- Battersea Power Station is reborn! Real Estate...

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That plan was refused on the basis of the tall tower, so they went back with a revised scheme that packed all the same m² into a load of "groundscrapers" of uniform density.

 

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This is near the American Embassy in Nine Elms. A major road is closed as a 69 year old man protests from the end of the jib of a crane You searched for - 999live.co.uk

 

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Private Eye's take on the hanging swimming pool

 

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Another angle

 

[teuchter]

Seriously, how the fuck was an iconic London landmark and listed building ever allowed to be encased by housing developments and literally hidden from view from at least three sides?

It’s particularly painful from the other side of the river, when it had been shown in all its glory since it came to existence, but has disappeared completely other than the chimneys. For a country that usually has exemplary laws governing heritage buildings and safeguarding the preexisting views of them, I can’t believe this was given the go-ahead.

It hasn't disappeared, seen from the other side of the river, other than behind scaffolding. When that comes down, the river side of it will be fully in view.

 

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It hasn't disappeared, seen from the other side of the river, other than behind scaffolding. When that comes down, the river side of it will be fully in view.

I guess you are right when one remains on the north bank of the river (and then you only get to see the (short) north side of the building), but sure as hell the glorious view of it as you crossed Chelsea Bridge has been completely lost, other than part of the chimneys. There is now a Great Wall of apartment blocks that pretty much block the view of the long side of the building that faces Battersea Park all along Queenstown Rd from the bridge to the roundabout.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Opening soon then, but only to a select few of course Lone swimmer tests Sky Pool ahead of official launch next month

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As seen from the top of the daft The Mound in Marble Arch:

 

[teuchter]

The east side of the power station building is now largely uncovered. Pictures from a few days ago.

 

[RoyReed]

That double row of portacabins on the roof look worse every time I see them.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

I had a couple of hours to kill in central London this afternoon so I thought I'd take a trip on the Northern Line to look at the new Battersea Powerstation station.

Nine Elms is this weird futeristic dystopian hell hole that I couldn't wait to get out of. Everything looked green and biege, I pass it every time I get the train from Victoria to see my family but up close it's just

 

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I had a couple of hours to kill in central London this afternoon so I thought I'd take a trip on the Northern Line to look at the new Battersea Powerstation station.

Nine Elms is this weird futeristic dystopian hell hole that I couldn't wait to get out of. Everything looked green and biege, I pass it every time I get the train from Victoria to see my family but up close it's just

I hope you took time out to visit that embassy and the pool behind it

 

[DaveCinzano]

Nine Elms is this weird futeristic dystopian hell hole that I couldn't wait to get out of.

Big brother is watching you

 

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Big brother is watching you

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It really is, especially in the area of the embassy

 

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