London Bridge rail redevelopment thunders on
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cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
I took some pics this lunch time
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Ta dave 
Here's a couple of other detail shots I took yesterday. It's a cool structure.
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Here's a couple of other detail shots I took yesterday. It's a cool structure.
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Borough High Street Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Great photos cyber.
There was a big 2 page article on the reevelopment in The Standard this evening
There was a big 2 page article on the reevelopment in The Standard this evening
davesgcr
Reading books
The great thing is the contemporary feel, yet in the middle of the odd 19thC environment , and to be fair , the bridge was slid in with not much disruption to the train service !
The 1990s plan had the Beehive pub and the Market Porter demolished , - both can now survive and keep trading - really good British can do engineering !
The 1990s plan had the Beehive pub and the Market Porter demolished , - both can now survive and keep trading - really good British can do engineering !
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The Standard article also said Guys was going to be reclad. So what's it going to look like then?
newbie
undisambiguated
Enjoy:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/user/NetworkRailMedia#p/u/0/Xk2g8RIBr1U[/video]
irritating video. It could have been so good but it kept jumping in time and space, so the continuity was lost. There's enough room on Youtube for each of the half dozen or so camera angles to have a minute each and show the whole process, start to finish, without editing.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Remarkably like it does at the moment but not as grubby.
Penoyre & Prassad designs in Architects Journal
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
oh, shit then
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Try here
http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/144422_1.pdf
It's a PDF, and unaccountably at 90° to the way you want to read it, but there are some renders on the last few pages.
And a bit more info on skyscrapercity.com's thread about Guys
http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/144422_1.pdf
It's a PDF, and unaccountably at 90° to the way you want to read it, but there are some renders on the last few pages.
And a bit more info on skyscrapercity.com's thread about Guys
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I wondered if it was the same cybertect as on here, but it was obvious it was you.
I was going to log in and say hello but didn't want you to think I was following you
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Network Rail have a stand on the concourse at London Bridge this week to launch the consultation on the station redevelopment.
I dropped by this morning and had a quick chat. Turns out the architect is Nicholas Grimshaw, which is encouraging given his track record with railways stations (pardon the pun). The new design is a vast improvement on the TP Bennett scheme with an office over the middle of the station. I think it's quite elegant.
They've a page on the Network Rail site, which has some of the images and consultation leaflet, which is pretty much the same information they had on the walls of the stand.
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/12182.aspx
Seems the arches along St Thomas Street are to be rebuilt and the renders reflect the choice of plain brickwork, not polychrome. However, I was told that would be the kind of thing they'd be seeking feedback on during the consultation. I offered my opinion that the choice of brick was important to the character of the arches - if you're going to rebuild them in plain, it kind of misses the point.
They've adapted one of the Piano renders for The Shard and dropped the new Grimshaw design onto the station.
A few pics.
I dropped by this morning and had a quick chat. Turns out the architect is Nicholas Grimshaw, which is encouraging given his track record with railways stations (pardon the pun). The new design is a vast improvement on the TP Bennett scheme with an office over the middle of the station. I think it's quite elegant.
They've a page on the Network Rail site, which has some of the images and consultation leaflet, which is pretty much the same information they had on the walls of the stand.
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/12182.aspx
Seems the arches along St Thomas Street are to be rebuilt and the renders reflect the choice of plain brickwork, not polychrome. However, I was told that would be the kind of thing they'd be seeking feedback on during the consultation. I offered my opinion that the choice of brick was important to the character of the arches - if you're going to rebuild them in plain, it kind of misses the point.
They've adapted one of the Piano renders for The Shard and dropped the new Grimshaw design onto the station.
A few pics.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Good stuff as ever, Rob.
"Work expected to be completed by 2018" - according to Wiki.
"Our plans will make space for around two-thirds more passengers" - not the most helpful of explanations
15 platforms though . . . nice.
"Work expected to be completed by 2018" - according to Wiki.
"Our plans will make space for around two-thirds more passengers" - not the most helpful of explanations
15 platforms though . . . nice.
Garek
Living n ADDled chaos
May I heartily recommend watching Operation London Bridge. Made in 1975 it details the complexities and problems that the 1970's rebuild and redesign aimed to fix. Very interesting stuff.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
It is certainly a useful corrective to the view that all Victorian railway stations were a pleasure to use. Even John Betjeman and his photographer John gay couldn't find much of real interest in the bits that subsequently went in the 70s in their 1972(?) book London's Historic Railways Stations. However, what is still standing of the LB&SCR station does have merit.
cybertect said:
They cannot be serious!
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
This seems even more of a dubious proposition, as the new alignment of the tracks appears to be south of the current platform line, not to the north and encroachin on the Tooley Street buildings. As I recall it, the earlier TP Bennetts scheme needed the space occupied by the old South Eastern Railway office buildings for lifts/fire stairs into their ugly as sin new office building above the tracks that was supposed to pay for a large chunk of the project.
I do wonder if Network Rail are playing a long game, and would be coming back in a few years for a Grimshaw designed office block to span the deliberately low station platform structures.
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
That thought had crossed my mind too.
Garek
Living n ADDled chaos
What is terrifying is that there is archive footage of the outside of Euston when it first opened. It looks, well, nice. Really good in fact. Clean, modern. Very different to the reality. Think there are now plans to rebuild that one to.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
It'll be the terminus of High Speed 2, so will be massively rebuilt and expanded
Garek
Living n ADDled chaos
Well that's good. I have never understood Euston station. They create this large open plan area to make the station feel bright, modern and airy, but then to get to the platforms you have to go down low ceilinged, narrow corridor. Same with the ticket office which is tucked away to the side and is very cramped feeling. It's an appalling design.
