• ‘Every square inch monetised’ – is Battersea Power Station now a playground for the super rich?

    It rooftop ‘villas’ are £8m, its shops include Rolex and Cartier – and its affordable housing figure is just 9%. We go inside the £9bn, no-expense-spared return of the famous London landmarkIn 1983, the year Battersea Power Station was decommissioned, the radical architect Cedric Price drew up a provocative proposal for what to do with the gargantuan brick hulk. The London building’s silhouette of four slender white chimneys rising from the stepped art deco br
  • Battersea power station: timeline of a modern classic

    Begun in 1929, the building was a collaboration between architects Theo Halliday and Sir Giles Gilbert ScottBattersea power station housing set to open after 10-year developmentBattersea power station was built in two phases, as a collaboration between the architects Theo Halliday and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.Halliday was responsible for the overall shape and the interior. Continue reading...

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