Battersea Power Station Redevelopment Plans Revealed

£4 billion ($7.9 billion USD) budget was prepared by the developer to build this “a 300 metre high chimney and ‘eco-dome’, The Battersea Power Station Redevelopment that consists of 3,200 new homes, a hotel, shops, offices, and two new London Underground stations” on the 38-acre site. The architect is Rafael Viñoly, and now this building project is under construction. via

Grand Designs on Battersea, London

A new vision for Battersea Power Station has been launched that will see power being generated at the iconic London landmark for the first time in 25 years. Developers say that renewable sources of fuel will be used trather than coal. Work on the £4bn development, subject to planning permission from Wandsworth Council, is due to start in 2012 and will also include retail space, offices, housing and a public park. The developers have set an estimated...