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monsterintheballroom · 6 months

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Interview under the cut :-)

Penelope Wilton: ‘The Queen Mother was an extremely clever woman’

The actress, set to take up the royal role in Backstairs Billy, reveals the sadness behind the corgis, hats and handbags

By Elizabeth Grice 29 October 2023 • 11:00am

Penelope Wilton can still travel incognito. It’s curious that half a century of exposure on stage and screen, packed with glorious parts, awards and a damehood, has not spoiled her secret satisfaction in being able to merge with the crowd. Yet the moment she opens her mouth her cover is blown. That voice! Classy, correct, crystalline and absolutely unmistakable. It could launch a thousand ships.

It gives emotional heft to the graveyard-bench confidences of Anne, the empathetic widow in Ricky Gervais’s comedy-drama After Life. It’s integral to the brittle dignity of Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey and it vibrates with controlled passion in the 2014 play Taken at Midnight for which she won an Olivier as Irmgard, the Jewish mother confronting the Gestapo over the incarceration of her son.

Soon it will be trained on Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, and in case you might imagine that she’ll be wafting gently along on a wave of public adoration she issues a prompt corrective.

“There’s nothing sentimental about this. The Queen Mother was an extremely clever woman – very, very quick. She could be acerbic.”

When she refused to leave London during the Second World War, “Hitler said she was the most dangerous woman in Europe. I think she was marvellous and I hope this play makes her more Technicolor and sharp so she’s not just a pale lady in chiffon. There was nothing she didn’t find interesting.”

Backstairs Billy, by the British-Brazilian-Australian playwright Marcelo Dos Santos, is about the unconventional relationship between the Queen Mother and her loyal but wayward servant, William Tallon, who more or less ran her life for 50 years until she died in 2002 at the age of 101.

“Although we are attempting to make me look like her physically,” says Wilton, “I’m not going to be doing an impersonation of her. It’s fiction. A made-up fantasy about what their lives were like at Clarence House. We don’t know how they talk. Biographers who put thoughts into words [spoken by their subjects] are rather annoying, actually, because how would they know?”

Still, by way of research she has immersed herself in the biographies so that no detail of the Queen Mother’s dress, mannerisms, heel-height, handbag size, salmon-fishing expertise or courtly extravagance escapes her. And, being Wilton, she absorbs the central truth that the party-loving ex-queen was probably, deep down, a lonely woman, widowed at 51 and needing to find a new way of living. There are poignant scenes as well as funny ones.

“She was of her time,” says Wilton, “an Edwardian lady. She was politically incorrect. She had served her country well and went on living the life that she wanted to live.”

More than anyone else (except perhaps Queen Elizabeth II, who bailed her mother out when she overspent) “Backstairs Billy” made that possible. Tallon was the ultimate devotee, anticipating her every need, getting her breakfast, ordering the flowers, looking after the corgis, organising guests at luncheons and receptions and always over-diligently topping up the champagne.

Above all, he was amusing. She enjoyed his gentle mockery of some of the people she met and overlooked his sexual forays. “He made her life much more entertaining,” says Wilton. “She trusted him. She enjoyed his company. He didn’t have a family because he was gay and she adored him.”

The year is 1979. Britain is crippled by strikes and riots. The action takes place in her apartment at Clarence House which has caught some of the febrile atmosphere outside the palace gates. “The country was having a sort of nervous breakdown, as indeed it is now,” says Wilton.

The play’s comic potential lies in the Queen Mother’s relationships with her friends and the behaviour of people in her presence. “People about to meet the Royal family say, ‘Oh, I don’t care,’ but actually they do,” says Wilton. “They find themselves tongue-tied. They forget to curtsy. The Queen Mother was very good at putting them at ease.”

The play was commissioned by its director Michael Grandage, whose friend the late Una Stubbs had often told him, from first-hand stories of the Clarence House court, that Tallon would be a brilliant subject for a play.

The part lured the Welsh actor Luke Evans, 44, back to the stage after 16 years in film and television (including Beauty and the Beast and the Fast & Furious films) and Wilton, 77, is coquettishly pleased to be his Queen. “In fact, I’m thinking of taking him home,” she told the BBC’s The One Show. “We all need a Billy.”

Side by side on the television sofa, they presented a delightful, teasing twosome. Wilton’s fine hair is silver these days, swept up in a large comb at the back. She has a lovely smile and a slightly challenging air of expectation.

She is still fondly remembered for the 1980s BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. She was Regan to Michael Hordern’s Lear.

Theatre is her first love. “It is the last place where language is really, really important,” she said.

“I like doing new plays because that’s the future. I like the difficulty of it. I like solving the problems.

“My job is to put onto the stage what the writer has written, not what the director feels on Monday about the play. Somebody has bothered to write this play, use this language.”

She’s fascinated by where a character will take her. “In the theatre you go on a journey every night.” In one of her favourite Shakespeare plays, Much Ado About Nothing (in which she was an award-winning Beatrice to Michael Gambon’s Benedick in 1981), “Beatrice starts the play very scornful of Benedick and he of her. By the end they are madly in love; they have gone on a journey of self-discovery. And you take the audience with you.”

This is certainly true of Wilton and Gervais, whose characters are both bereaved, in After Life. The series had such an immediate and grateful response from the public that she was asked to become patron of The Good Grief Trust, a charity for those who have suffered loss. Wilton’s eldest sister Rosemary died of a Covid-related illness in 2021. She has much to draw on.

Wilton was born in Scarborough, the middle of three girls. Her mother Alice Travers was an actress, as was her uncle the late Bill Travers. She married two actors – first Daniel Massey who died in 1998 and then, in 1991, Ian Holm with whom she starred in Harold Pinter’s Moonlight. Holm died in 2020. Though both marriages ended in divorce, a warm connection was never broken.

With Massey, after the loss of a premature son, she had a daughter, Alice, a theatre producer. Alice, 46, and her family live close by in west London and Wilton enjoys being a big part of the lives of her grandchildren, Daniel, 11, and Ella, seven.

She likes the freedom of living by herself in a house ever-open to family and friends. “I can do what I like. I can go to bed at half-past eight if I want and I can eat what I want, when I want.”

After a well-paid film, such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or Downton, she will buy herself a painting.

Wilton’s trend-averse way of thinking as well as of being is refreshing.

She’s vehement about social media. “I’m not interested in people knowing where I am and what I’m doing. It’s terrible that people are chosen to be in plays or films because they have a following. If you’re a wonderful actor but a rather shy person you might not have a following.

“I wouldn’t say I was shy but I’m not a great extrovert either. I’m just sort of middling.”

Predictably, the pursuit of celebrity is not on her radar either. “It’s not a world I’m interested in so I don’t know much about it. I have absolutely nothing against people doing whatever they want to do but I don’t have to be part of it.” She cherishes her privacy in the same measured way. “I don’t make a great thing of it. I just go along, you know.”

Wilton tries not to think of roles she’d like to play. “Because it’s always a disappointment. It’s a bit like wallpaper. If you try and find that something in your mind you’re never going to find it.

“So it’s best to have a look and see what’s out there. This came as a tremendous surprise: to do a new play by a new writer who is really clever. I hope we do him service.”

Grandage has no doubt. “In everything Penelope Wilton does,” he says, “she avoids sentimentality. You know you’ll get something many layers deeper than that. With the Queen Mother, she offers an insight into someone we thought we knew

#finally a new pic of her <3 #love it that she has to give more interviews now even when she hates it lol #penelope wilton #downton abbey #netflix after life #queen mum #british royals #backstairs billy #theatre

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thegaboefects · 5 months

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William and Sly

Made for the William and Sly art contest. Artwork was inspired by the first game rainy environment, that plus the exploration aspect reminded me of Tallon overworld from metroid prime

#williamandsly #pixelart #fox #rain #flipnote #newgrounds

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yourdailyqueer · 5 years

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William Tallon (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 12 November 1935

RIP: 23 November 2007

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Steward/page/butler, veteran

Note: Worked for Queen Mother from 1951 to 2002

#William Tallon #lgbt #lgbt history #lgbtq #lgbt people #male #gay #1935 #rip #historical #white #butler #veteran #public service

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garadinervi · 6 years

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Anton Francesco Doni, A discussion about printing (ragionamento della stampa fatto ai marmi di Firenze), Alberto Tallone Editore, Torino, 2003, First English appearance. English translation by David Brancaleone, followed by the Italian text, that was firstly issued in 1552-53, Venice.Introductory note by Nicholas Poole-Wilson. Volume in 8vo format (cm 25x17) of 92 pages typeset by hand in Caslon types, derived from the original punches cut by William Caslon in the 18th century. Limited and numbered print run of 250 copies on Magnani paper made in Tuscany

#graphic design #typography #book #cover #book cover #anton francesco doni #david brancaleone #william caslon #alberto tallone editore #2000s

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Dragon Tongue - Chapter 1

I've never really posted anything to the public eye before but here you go- I hope you enjoy and if you enjoyed it, feedback is always nice to read.

August 31, 1983

Ashni Finch was awake. More awake than she had been her entire life. Her entire body was alive, her mind was racing a mile a minute, and she could feel her magic in her veins. It was buzzing with power as if it knew what tomorrow would bring.

Hogwarts. Tomorrow Ash was going to Hogwarts.

Just thinking the name made Ash stuff her face into her pillow to smother her giggles. She grinned into her pillow. Going to Hogwarts was all she could think about after Leonardo, her older brother by two years, got his letter.

She remembered watching him leave on the Hogwarts Express when she was nine. She remembered chasing the train until the platform ended and stood there waving at the train until it disappeared from her view. She remembered sending him a letter or more each week giving him updates on the house and their Father. She remembered crying that Christmas because he chose to stay at school with one of his new friends, William Weasley. She remembered thinking he had replaced her and that he didn't need her anymore. She remembered him coming home that summer with stories upon stories that had them staying up all night as he told her every detail.

She’d get to have her own stories now. It was her turn to disappear from view as their Father waved to them from the platform. It was her turn and she was ecstatic.

It was well past midnight and the fact that she could now count the hours on her short fingers excited her.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

Tomorrow she’d be sitting on the Hogwarts Express. Tomorrow she’d get sorted into her house. Oh, how she wished for Gryffindor like Leo and her Father. Tomorrow she’d be eating dinner in the Great Hall, huge plates filled with an assortment of meats and vegetables and potatoes and desserts. Her mouth watered just thinking of it. Her Dad's cooking wasn't bad by any means, it was delicious but in secret Leo had told her Hogwarts food was like Dad’s but 10x better. Ash couldn't wait to be the judge of that.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

Ash looked over at her trunk. Packed to the brim with her books and garments. Her wand lay next to her dark green satchel that was filled with a change of robes for the train and a handful of coins for the trolley.

She flung herself back down on her pillow, now facing the ceiling. She was restless. She was excited. And she was so bloody nervous.

Ash was a strange sort of girl, even beyond the standards of the wizarding world.

She was a metamorphmagus, but her powers were faulty and unpredictable. St Mungo’s told her dad that metamorphmagus’ should be fully developed around the time they become a toddler and under control by their seventh birthday. In their primary years, the freedom given to them was supposed to help them recognise their powers and how to control them based on trial and error.

Ash’s powers only influenced her eye colour and height. She couldn't change her face shape. She couldn't change the colour or grow her hair at will. Nor could she change her appearance completely as the other metamorphmagus’ can.

She got out of bed careful not to bother Jinx, a small black Bengal, and sat on her windowsill. She nibbled on her nails as she looked out her window onto the lake. It shone in the light of the half-moon, the light breeze creating ripples on the water's crest. Tallon and Nox, their long-eared and barn owls, flew happily in the night air, enjoying their last night together.

She knew she was going to miss home. She’d miss chess with her father every Saturday night. She’d miss the look on his face when she always took his queen on her third move and his king on her eleventh. Most of all she’d miss the celebratory ice cream afterwards.

The clock struck two o’clock. One finger down. Nine hours left. Ash took a deep sigh and crawled back under her covers. She was less awake now. Her heart was steady and her mind- well she’d have to figure that out on the train.

Hogwarts. Tomorrow Ash was going to Hogwarts.

She let her worries flow down her arm, prickling her hair until it reached her fingertips. When they gathered, Ash took a good glance at the end of them and wiped them on Jinx. She trusted him with her problems, he was her safe box, her therapist. She knew he’d keep them safe until she needed to deal with them again. She sighed and rolled over, her worries were stored and for now all that mattered was closing her eyes and going to sleep.

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Ash woke up at six o’clock the next morning and was too excited- or nervous to get any more sleep. She got up and pulled on a pair of jeans and a sweater and pulled her hair into a ponytail. She then checked the mirror to find out her eye colour for the day. Her first impression for any new friends she hoped to make. Her eyes were a bright green today. Her favourite colour, she smiled satisfied with her appearance and skipped to her trunk. She opened it up and carefully checked her Hogwarts list once more to make sure he had everything he needed. She grabbed Nox’s cage from her closet and placed it on the carpet. She checked her train bag to make sure it had her Hogwarts robes and money pouch. She paused for a moment and quickly grabbed Fantastic Beasts from her trunk and placed it in her bag. She’d perhaps have time to get a little reading in on the train. Her wand lay on her dresser. She’d gotten it at Ollivander's in Diagon Alley and it was one of the happiest moments in her entire life. It was an English oak, ten and a half inches with a dragon heartstring as its core. When Ollivander told her all of this it just seemed like rubbish- and it still did.

She began pacing her room, skimming through some of the books she’d be leaving for the year and occasionally peeking outside her room to see if anyone else was awake yet. Her luck didn’t come for another 2 hours. After what she thought was the hundredth time checking the hallway she saw light from her brother's room upstairs. Overjoyed she left her room with a blanket wrapped around her body and raced up the stairs to Leo’s room.

“Hey, Leo?” Ash whispered, peeking her head into his room

Leo was sitting on the edge of his bed, still in his red pyjamas, and was leaning over a pocket mirror, talking to it.

Ash opened his door a little more before calling out to him again. No response. Now annoyed with her brother's deafness she launched herself onto his bed and tackled him. Yelping in surprise, Leo tumbled to the floor with Ash in his arms.

“Merlin, Ash,” He gasped, “Give me a warning next time would ya?”

“I did, Mr hard of hearing,” She said, raising her eyebrows, “Who are you talking to anyway?”

“Just Bill,” He said, reaching for the fallen mirror, “You still there, man?”

“Yeah,” Came a voice from the mirror

Leo raised the mirror to his face and instead of his reflection looking back at him, it was a red-haired boy with blue eyes and dark freckles.

Ash found herself gawking at the piece of magic. “Where’d you get this?” She asked and reached for the mirror

“Gift from the uncles,” He said, “And no touching, you’ll have your own soon enough.”

Slumping back in disappointment, Ash frowned up at him, “Please, please, please,” She begged, “Just for a moment.”

Leo frowned back but his sister's pout always won him over, “Alright, 1 minute.”

“What am I? A monkey in a zoo?” Bill laughed

“Shush, I'm after the engraving, not your red hair,” Ash muttered as she looked at the mirror

It was square not even four inches wide, painted silver that already had a few chips in it, and it had a single engraving in the bottom right corner, L.L.F., Leo’s initials.

“Bill?”

“Yes, M'lady,”

“What are the initials on your mirror?”

“W.A.W.,”

Ash hummed to herself as she gave the mirror a last look before handing it back to Leo. “How does it work? Why are they engraved with your initials? What-”

“Shush,” Leo placed his hand to her face, his hand almost covering her entire face, “The mirror is a visual portal to whoever owns the other mirror. The initials signify who it belongs to and by extension also create a bonding charm so we can never lose them. You follow?”

Ash just nodded. She was too amazed to speak.

“Ashni! Leo!” a voice from downstairs called, “We’re leaving for King’s Cross in an hour. Breakfast is on the counter and make sure you’re all packed!”

“Thanks, Dad, we’ll be down in a bit,” Leo yelled back and turned to the mirror in his hand, “See you on the platform,” and flipped it closed

Leo then turned to Ash, “Ready for your first year at Hogwarts?”

“You have no idea.” She smiled

#harry potter #charlie weasley #fanfic #oc characters #hogwarts #first year #metamorphmagus #hogwarts mystery #bill weasley

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tiaramania · 4 years

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I just saw your page on the lotus flower tiara. Why was Reginald wearing it haha I was so thrown off

It is a funny picture! Reginald Wilcock and his partner, William Tallon were the Queen Mother’s favorite servants. William worked for her for over fifty years and after he passed away some of his pictures were auctioned including this one of Reginald wearing the Lotus Flower Tiara. On the left it looks like it says “To William” and the last line looks like Snowdon. Then on the right it looks like it says “David’s Wedding 1993″ so I’m guess that Antony Armstrong-Jones took the picture at at the wedding of his and Princess Margaret’s son, David, and his wife Serena, now the Earl and Countess of Snowdon. Serena wore the Lotus Flower on her wedding day so maybe he put it on while he was bringing it over from Clarence House or something like that.

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mmultiversal · 5 years

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monsterintheballroom · 10 months

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Interview under the cut :-)

Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End

Michael Grandage will direct Wilton as the Queen Mother, with Evans playing her most loyal servant, in new play Backstairs Billy this autumn

Luke Evans will return to the West End this autumn to star alongside Penelope Wilton in a new play about the Queen Mother’s relationship with her most loyal servant.

Evans, whose films include Fast & Furious 6 and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, has not performed on stage in more than a decade. The Welsh actor is now set to play William Tallon in Marcelo Dos Santos’s comedy Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York’s theatre in London.

Set in 1979, against the backdrop of civil unrest, the play examines the relationship between the Queen Mother and Tallon, who served the royal household for over half a century.

“When I read the script, it made me giggle out loud so hard,” said Evans. “It’s just so entertaining and such a joyous story about these two people: the Queen Mother, who was super famous, but also Billy. He was always there and spent most of his life working for her.”

Evans, 44, “started on the West End stage”, he said. “I left it and now feels like the right time to come back in this new comedy, which is written so beautifully. I’ve gone through all the emotions, all the feels of excitement, trepidation, nerves, doubt and then thinking, you know what, this was my world from the second I graduated [from London Studio Centre in 2000] and I loved it. I can’t wait to get stuck into rehearsals.”

Wilton described Backstairs Billy, which features a company of 12, as “a joyful and compassionate play. It brings the Queen Mother into Technicolor rather than being a pastel person in pale chiffon. She suddenly becomes a very vibrant person and we see her for herself, not just for being the Queen’s mother. Billy allowed her to be who she was.”

She stressed that, despite being a comedy, the play is by no means a “send-up”. It is “a celebration of the Queen Mother, who has been rather sidelined”, Wilton said, adding: “It’s very nice to be in on the birth of a new comedy because there aren’t that many around. This is a new comedy voice. [Dos Santos] has a mixture of Alan Bennett, Alan Ayckbourn and – dare I say – Noël Coward.” Dos Santos’s plays include Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen, a solo show about a comedian played by Samuel Barnett, which opened at the Edinburgh fringe last summer and will run at the Bush theatre from November.

Backstairs Billy will be directed by Michael Grandage who met the Queen Mother and Tallon while attending a reception in 1997. “There was very much a hierarchy in place in that one was serving the other but there was an incredible respect and depth of something going on, where you knew each was reliant on the other in some way,” he remembered. “It really was like watching a double act.”

Backstairs Billy runs at the Duke of York’s theatre from 27 October until 27 January.

#penelope wilton #luke evans #queen mum #british royals #downton abbey #theatre

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somersetlevels · 5 years

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William Tallon (Backstairs Billy) parading two of her corgies in front of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to celebrate her 100th birthday in 2000

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31 March 2022 The Officers’ House, Royal Arsenal, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, South London Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), architects images courtesy of the Brick Awards The Officers’ House Royal Arsenal AHMM were appointed in late 2015 to redevelop a dilapidated Grade II listed barracks at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. The brief sought to retain ‘The Officers’ House’ (Block-A) and develop additional housing within a new, ‘twin’ block (Block-B) running parallel to it.

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17 Mar 2022 Shortlist for Wilcox Road Gateway, South Lambeth, South London image courtesy of architects practice Wilcox Road South Lambeth Competition The London Festival of Architecture and the Neighbourhood Regeneration Team at Lambeth Council have revealed the five teams shortlisted for the Wilcox Road Gateway design competition. Emerging architects, designers, artists were invited to submit a proposal for a public realm installation that animates Wilcox Road in Lambeth and transforms it into a welcoming gateway from the newly opened Nine Elms Tube Station.

10 Mar 2022 Student accommodation in Hammersmith, 181 Talgarth Road – near to White City Campus, Hammersmith, West London Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSH+P) image courtesy of architecture practice Student Accommodation in Hammersmith Dominvs Group has received resolution to grant for a 713-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Hammersmith. Permission had previously been granted in December 2020 to deliver two new hotels on the site. However, following strong demand from Higher Education Institutions, the north of the site has been revised to provide high-quality PBSA

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2 Mar 2022 Don’t Move, Improve! 2022 shortlist photograph © Adam Scott Don’t Move, Improve! 2022 15 renovation projects have been shortlisted as some of London’s best home improvements for the 2022 edition of New London Architecture’s (NLA) annual competition Don’t Move, Improve!, celebrating the most innovative home improvement projects from across London.

28 Feb 2022 2022 RIBA London architecture awards 2022 RIBA London Awards shortlist – 68 designs

72 Upper Ground London SE1 Development – 68 designs

Treehouses at Kew Design Competition Shortlist – 68 designs

23 Feb 2022 House of Illustration, Islington, London N5 Design: Tim Ronalds Architects photo © Justin Piperger House of Illustration, Islington Encompassing galleries, a learning studio, public gardens, a shop and a café, the renamed Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will be the national centre for illustration: a unique destination for art-lovers, illustrators, families, schools and colleges; and the catalyst for exhibitions and activities across the UK. It will also become a permanent home for the archive of the organisation’s founder, Sir Quentin Blake, with selections from his archive of more than 40,000 works on permanent display.

19 Feb 2022 University College Hospital Grafton Way Building Design: Scott Tallon Walker Architects in association with Edward Williams Architects photo © Paul Raftery University College Hospital Grafton Way Building Constructed by Bouygues UK, the new building is located in a tight and historically challenging site within the Bloomsbury Conservation area, in close proximity to two Grade II-listed UCL buildings and directly below the Mayor of London’s View Corridor. In order to create the necessary clinical space while respecting protected views and surrounding heritage, the 13-storey building has a significant basement, which is five-storeys plus a mezzanine below ground, is equivalent in volume to the Royal Albert Hall.

18 Feb 2022 The National Gallery Reveals Initial Proposals For NG200 Project National Gallery London NG200 Project

15 Feb 2022 Centrepoint ILP Peckham, Peckham, Southwark Build: M-AR image courtesy of architects practice Centrepoint ILP Peckham Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, has revealed a ‘first look’ at 33 new modular homes built to house young people experiencing homelessness in Peckham, London.

13 Feb 2022 Rediscovering Notting Hill Gate, North West London photo © Luke O’Donovan Rediscovering Notting Hill Gate Design Competition Notting Hill Gate is set to get a refresh as a design competition invites architects, designers and creatives from across London to reimagine public space The innovative new installation could use using seating, greening, lighting, interactive elements or pop-ups to bring vibrancy to the area.

10 Feb 2022 The Hickman, Whitechapel, City of London Design: DSDHA photograph courtesy of architects practice The Hickman London E1 Development In becoming the world’s first building to be awarded WiredScore’s SmartScore ‘Platinum’ rating, The Hickman has spearheaded a new era for workplaces, reflecting customers’ changing expectations as a result of shifting work patterns. With hybrid working now the norm for many businesses, there is increased demand for developers and employers to deliver office space that provides a better experience than the working-from-home alternative.

9 Feb 2022 Lancer Square, Kensington, West London Landscape design: Scape Design; Buildings design: Squire & Partners image courtesy of architects practice Lancer Square Kensington A garden square created by Scape Design has recently been completed in the Kensington Palace conservation area of West London, providing high-quality public realm and private landscape areas for Lancer Square, a new mixed-use development of 36 world-class apartments, retail and restaurants designed by Squire & Partners.

8 Feb 2022 PEARL: Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory, UCL Design: Penoyre & Prasad photograph © Timothy Soar PEARL: Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory, UCL London-based architecture practice Penoyre & Prasad has completed UCL’s unique research laboratory, PEARL. The research centre’s goal is to improve the built environment and the way we interact with it. Life-sized environments – a railway station, high street, town square for example – will be built under controlled conditions to examine how people of all abilities interact with their urban environment and each other.

2 February 2022 Triptych Bankside sees surge in luxury apartment sales Design Architect: Squire & Partners; interior design: Cocovara image courtesy of architects practice Triptych Bankside London Property News JTRE London, the developer of Triptych Bankside, one of the most striking mixed-use schemes on the central London skyline, has marked the start of the New Year by securing luxury apartment sales totalling £36.5m.

6 Feb 2022 Revive Bramcote Park design competition

2 Feb 2022 61-65 Holborn Viaduct Building, City of London Design: Stiff + Trevillion Architects and Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects image courtesy of architects practice 61-65 Holborn Viaduct Building

1 Feb 2022 Camden Highline Design Competition Shortlist, Camden, North London photo courtesy of LFA Somers Town Design Competition Camden The London Festival of Architecture and the London Borough of Camden have launched a new design competition, inviting architects, landscape architects, designers, and artists to develop a creative design in Somers Town that supports the events planned in the area as part of LFA 2022. Whilst King’s Cross and Euston have experienced significant growth throughout the years, Somers Town and its residents have yet to see the full benefits of surrounding regeneration.

17 Jan 2022 New London Architecture King’s Cross Design Competition image courtesy of NLA New London Architecture King’s Cross Design Competition King’s Cross, London’s 67-acre creative neighbourhood, has today launched a competition in partnership with New London Architecture (NLA). It is inviting individuals, community groups, established and emerging enterprises and organisations to put forward ideas and proposals for how they could transform an existing premises on Beaconsfield Street into a new community offer.

13 Jan 2022 Wilcox Road Competition, South Lambeth photo courtesy of LFA Wilcox Road South Lambeth Architecture Competition

13 Jan 2022 London Festival of Architecture launches call for entries and reveals Destinations photo © Gareth Gardner LFA 2022 – London Festival of Architecture News This summer, the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), the world’s largest annual architecture festival, returns for its 13th edition across June. LFA 2022 will once again transform London’s neighbourhoods with a series of installations, exhibitions, talks and special events that will bring people together as London continues to reopen.

10 Jan 2022 Alphabeta, Finsbury Square Design: Studio RHE photo : Nick Hufton, Al Crow Alphabeta Alphabeta is the melting pot for Two Tribes; the City’s financial sector and the new Creative Media and Tech industries. An energetic shared workspace that straddles the divide and creates a new home for ideas to make money.

7 Jan 2022 Treehouses at Kew Design Competition, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, south west London photo © Luke Hayes Treehouses at Kew Design Competition Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Museum of Architecture (MoA) have launched an international design competition to find three exceptional designs to create three Treehouses across RBG Kew’s UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a larger ‘Treehouses at Kew’ Exhibition taking place in 2023.

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14 Dec 2021 V&A East Museum, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, Borough of Newham Design: O’Donnell + Tuomey, Architects, Ireland photo © Victoria and Albert Museum V&A East museum building Stratford The V&A marked the “topping out” of its new V&A East museum building – one of two V&A East sites currently under construction in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – with the shell of the building reaching its full height. Designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey and constructed by MACE, the 7,000 sqm V&A East Museum tops out at 42.5 metres high, following completion of the installation of its intricate steel frame.

9 Dec 2021 A House for Artists, 36 – 40 Linton Road, Barking, east London Design: APPARATA A House for Artists Barking Town Centre

8 Dec 2021 Dora House, Royal Society of Sculptors London

8 Dec 2021 15 Clerkenwell Close Apartments

5 Dec 2021 Low Line Commons, Bankside – design awards news Architects: PDP London image courtesy of architects practice Low Line Commons London Design Award A transformative architectural project, which will create a 3.5km green corridor through some of London’s oldest neighbourhoods, has won two major New London Awards. It was named winner of both Planning and Overall categories, and is the first unbuilt project to be named overall winner.

3 Dec 2021 Buildings at former London Television Centre site, 72 Upper Ground, South Bank Design: Make Architects image courtesy of Coin Street Community Builders London Television Centre Site Redevelopment

3 December 2021 Homerton High Street Development, Hackney, north east London Design: CZWG Architects visualisation : CZWG Architects Homerton High Street Hackney Regeneration The London Borough of Hackney has resolved to grant planning permission for a new mixed-use regeneration development on a dilapidated urban site adjacent to Homerton overground train station.

3 Dec 2021 Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station, Whitechapel Market Conservation area, east London Design: BDP image © BDP Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station Building The Whitechapel Elizabeth line station has opened after being handed over to Transport for London. Sitting within the Whitechapel Market Conservation area, the design of the new station retains the distinctive and historic buildings constructed more than 100 years ago.

3 Dec 2021 The Gilbert and One Lackington

2 Dec 2021 Pump House South Norwood, Croydon

1 Dec 2021 John Morden Centre Blackheath Building

29 Nov 2021 John Morden Centre, Morden College, Blackheath, south east London Architect: Mae photograph courtesy of Brick Awards / architects John Morden Centre Blackheath Building

26 Nov 2021 Chelsea Barracks Phase 3a Architect: PDP London photo courtesy of Brick Awards Chelsea Barracks Phase 3a At the heart of the development, set in new public realm by the historic Garrison Chapel, phase 3a includes a centrepiece restaurant, delicatessen and exclusive mews house.

24 Nov 2021 One Bishopsgate Plaza, Bishopsgate, City of London Design: PLP Architecture photo : Julian Abrams One Bishopsgate Plaza One Bishopsgate Plaza is the first high-rise residential and hospitality development built in the City and stands as a bold commitment to the continued vitality of the area. The site includes a new 43-storey tower to house the hotel and residential uses along with a refurbished and extended Victorian building lining Devonshire Row that incorporates restaurant, office and retail space.

24 Nov 2021 Lambeth Palace Library Building

24 Nov 2021 Alumno Student Residence Bermondsey

23 Nov 2021 The Courtauld Institute of Art London Renewal

23 Nov 2021 South Kensington Station Development

19 Nov 2021 Duke of York Restaurant in Chelsea

16 Nov 2021 Vinoteca, Borough Yards, London Bridge Design: SPPARC image courtesy of architects practice Vinoteca Borough Yards restaurant and wine bar Vinoteca will open a new 95 cover restaurant and wine bar at Borough Yards, a new shopping, dining and creative district in London Bridge. SPPARC, the architects behind Borough Yards, have worked carefully to celebrate the rich Victorian heritage of the arches by repurposing the cathedral like brick structures into exciting dining and retail spaces.

15 Nov 2021 York House King’s Cross Office Building – architecture award news

13 Nov 2021 Peckham Glass Box, Southwark Home

13 Nov 2021 New Hackney Primary School Building

7 Nov 2021 Mountain View House

5 Nov 2021 Mortimer House, Fitzrovia Design: MATA Architects and Fettle design photo © Peter Landers Mortimer House Rooftop Bar MATA Architects were asked to maximise the potential for a small rooftop structure housing a redundant lift overrun and some outdoor space immediately adjacent to it. The goal was to create a rooftop bar and outdoor seating area for Mortimer House with views across Fitzrovia.

5 Nov 2021 Premier Inn Westferry, Canary Wharf Premier Inn Hotel Westferry, Canary Wharf

28 October 2021 Walters Way House, Lewisham, South London Walters Way House Lewisham

27 October 2021 120 Fleet Street Redevelopment Design: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) image courtesy of architects practice 120 Fleet Street Building by BIG The proposed redevelopment of 120 Fleet Street has (26th October) been granted planning permission by the City of London Corporations’s Planning and Transportation Committee.

27 Oct 2021 De Vere Gardens, Kensington, West London Design: Alpex Architecture photo : French & Tye De Vere Gardens The property’s total area is 250sqm. It is a four-bedroom apartment with a wide main reception room and kitchen looking towards the pedestrian Canning Passage and Family Room that can serve as a TV Room and Study.

22 October 2021 Palace of Westminster Building Restoration News photo courtesy of the Houses of Parliament Palace of Westminster Building Restoration News Over 50 highly skilled engineers, architectural surveyors, acoustics and lighting specialists, and ecologists, spent a combined 4,700 hours over Parliament’s recent recess period investigating the building and continuing to build the most detailed record of the 150-year-old Palace of Westminster ever created.

14 Oct 2021 Kingston University London, Town House design by Grafton Architects wins Stirling Prize

14 Oct 2021 McGrath Road Housing, East London – award news

14 Oct 2021 Apex Gardens, Seven Sisters, Haringey, North East London Architect: 3DReid ; Design Architect / Concept Guardians: John McAslan + Partners photo : Robert Waters Apex Gardens, Seven Sisters, Haringey Grainger has completed its latest build-to-rent scheme in Seven Sisters, North London. 3DReid were delighted to develop the design, vary the planning approval and deliver the project with the contractor; Ant Yapi. The scheme provides 163 high quality rental homes, a range of resident amenities and flexible commercial space.

14 Oct 2021 MEATliquor and Shed, Clapham, south west London Architecture: Shed photo : Shed MEATliquor X Shed, Clapham Hailed as the bad boy burger behemoth of London, MEATliquor and Shed launch their latest restaurant together in Clapham Old Town, London on 21st of October. This marks 10 years since the original standard bearer of the burger revolution partnered with the creative minds of Shed to create a permanent home for them.

12 Oct 2021 ‘Act’ revealed as London Festival of Architecture 2022 theme photo © Luke O’Donovan London Festival of Architecture 2022 The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) has announced that ‘Act’ will be its theme for the 2022 edition of the festival when its month-long public events programme returns from 1-30 June 2022. Ahead of the call for entries in January, the festival has also unveiled the curatorial panel for 2022.

30 Sep 2021 Caffetteria at Lavazza London Flagship, 23-24 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7HU Design: CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, Architects photograph : Marco Joe Fazio Lavazza London Flagship Caffetteria CRA unveils Caffetteria, an innovative project in Lavazza’s brand-new Flagship Store off Regent Street. New technologies – from germicidal materials to lights with disinfecting properties – are employed to rethink the quintessential Italian coffee experience with one objective in mind: rebuilding social proximity.

29 Sep 2021 Young V&A, Bethnal Green Building Design: De Matos Ryan ; Redevelopment lead designers: AOC image : Picture Plane © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Young V&A Construction has begun on the £13m redevelopment of the V&A Museum of Childhood, the iconic Grade II* listed site in Bethnal Green, marking a critical milestone in the most ambitious transformation of the museum in its history.

28 Sep 2021 House + House North West London Property

28 Sep 2021 RCA New Battersea South Campus

27 Sep 2021 The Cosmic House Holland Park

23 Sep 2021 Tiger Way, north east London Design: Hawkins\Brown Architects photograph : Jack Hobhouse Tiger Way Hackney housing and school Buildings Tiger Way co-locates a school alongside a residential block in Hackney. With space utilisation not just efficient but more than the sum of its parts, the architects prove that this complex emerging typology can be done exceptionally well and provide real social value.

20 Sep 2021 ‘Shaping Space – Architectural Models Revealed’ image © Greta Ilieva BuildingCentre / V&A Building Centre architectural models exhibition

18 Sep 2021 Hand and Flower Building, Kings Road

18 Sep 2021 Kingston University London – Town House Design: Grafton Architects photo : Ed Reeve Kingston University London – Town House Of the two ambitious projects from the same client to make the shortlist, the Town House is the more conventional architectural project. It is very accomplished.

16 Sep 2021 15 Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell Design: Groupwork + Amin Taha Architects photo : Tim Soar 15 Clerkenwell Close 15 Clerkenwell Close’s non descriptive title belies the astonishing architectural triumph that dwells at the simple address, occupying a plot of land a stones throw from Clerkenwell Green. The 7 storey building is the architect’s own development comprising one or two flats per floor, a double-height architect’s studio at basement and ground and the architect’s home on the top floor.

14 Sep 2021 95 Peckham Road, Southwark, South London Design: Peter Barber Architects photograph © Morley von Sternberg 95 Peckham Road Southwark The development creates 33 low-cost apartments, with a courtyard behind. There is direct access from the street and courtyard to the lower apartments. There are two additional access cores for the flats at higher level, each core serving three apartments at each level.

14 Sep 2021 McGrath Road Housing, Stratford, East London Design: Peter Barber Architects photo © Morley von Sternberg McGrath Road Housing East London McGrath Road inventively combines a traditional European courtyard typology with a traditional London terrace, setting a new creative benchmark for the future of London’s affordable housing. Twenty-six individual three- and four-storey dual-aspect townhouses, each with its own front door, surround a tree-lined courtyard, giving the development an enhanced sense of community and openness.

9 September 2021 Reimagined Strand Aldwych Design: LDA Design photos © Westminster City Council / LDA Design Reimagined Strand Aldwych ‘Skate the Strand’, a free, temporary pop-up skate park located on the Strand outside Somerset House, marks the start of the transformation of the Strand Aldwych area. The skate park is part of the Westminster Reveals campaign and kicks off ‘September on the Strand’, inviting people to return to the city’s streets and enjoy the capital’s cultural scene, connecting celebrated talent and communities.

7 Sep 2021 The Landmark Building For The Royal College Of Art Design: Herzog & De Meuron Architects picture courtesy of architecture practice

4 Sep 2021 Southworks, Southwark Smart Offices

2 Sep 2021 West Hall Olympia, Hammersmith Road

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24 Aug 2021 new teaching and learning centre for Birkbeck, University of London, 373 Euston Road Design: Penoyre & Prasad Architects photo courtesy of architecture practice Birkbeck, University of London teaching and learning centre The refurbishment and extension of 373 Euston Road accommodates a state-of-the-art 180-person lecture theatre, high-quality classrooms, as well as formal and informal co-learning spaces. Refurbishment revitalises the existing building by enhancing original design elements and embraces its historical spirit.

31 July 2021 Snowdon Aviary Restoration News photo © ZSL London Zoo Snowdon Aviary Restoration Landmark footage shared by ZSL London Zoo shows the historic moment the famous Snowdon Aviary is ‘unwrapped’ – signaling a defining moment in the iconic structure’s restoration journey.

31 Jul 2021 Goodmayes, LB Redbridge, East London Design: Stockwool images courtesy of architecture practice Goodmayes, LB Redbridge Development Working within the Crossrail Strategic Growth Corridor allowed Stockwool to push height on this high-density mixed-use scheme; this in turn enabled the significant reduction to built footprint, offering an urban solution boasting 60 percent of the site as high quality public realm and landscaping.

29 July 2021 National Holocaust Memorial London Approval image courtesy of architecture office National Holocaust Memorial News The government has given the go-ahead for a Holocaust memorial in London, to be built next to the Houses of Parliament. The plans, including 23 large bronze sculptures and an underground learning centre, were previously rejected by Westminster Council.

29 Jul 2021 22 Bishopsgate image courtesy of architects practice 22 Bishopsgate London Building The Morris Project in partnership with DesignLSM is proud to unveil 22 Bishopsgate’s Market, managed by Rhubarb Hospitality Collection. This is an inspirational market spanning the entire second floor (20,000 ft) of the UK’s first wellbeing building, 22 Bishopsgate is designed to be a vertical village focused on the modern office worker and their evolving needs. Sustainability, wellbeing and community will be at its heart.

22 July 2021 EDGE London Bridge, St Thomas St, South Bank, Southwark image : Miller Hare EDGE London Bridge, Southwark Offices Located in St Thomas Street on London’s South Bank, this state-of-the-art smart building will mark EDGE’s entry into the London market. The 260,000 sqft tower will feature 27 floors of office accommodation.

14 July 2021 National Gallery Building Renewal Winner photo © Brigitte Lacombe National Gallery Building A team led by Selldorf Architects has been selected to work on a suite of capital projects to mark its Bicentenary, with an initial phase to be completed in 2024. Selldorf Architects’ team also includes Purcell, Vogt Landscape, Arup, AEA Consulting, Pentagram, Kaizen and Kendrick Hobbs.

12 July 2021 Harrods Building, Knightsbridge Store

12 July 2021 Oriel Moorfields Eye Hospital Building

11 July 2021 Wembley Stadium – updated post with news

5 July 2021 Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre, Hornchurch

3 July 2021 Oriel Moorfields Eye Hospital Building

2 July 2021 EDGE Marylebone: Eco Design for Greener Environments

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26 Jun 2021 Barnes Brick, Richmond

26 Jun 2021 Abbey Road Church Penthouse

21 Jun 2021 Barnes Brick, Barnes, London Borough of Richmond Design: YARD Architects photograph © Agnese Sanvito Barnes Brick Barnes Brick is a small Victorian terraced house in Barnes was stripped back, reconfigured and extended with an exposed pale handmade brickwork extension to create a new minimal contemporary home.

18 Jun 2021 The Cosmic House Holland Park

17 Jun 2021 Lansdowne Road Extension, Muswell Hill

16 Jun 2021 Serpentine Pavilion 2021 London

13 Jun 2021 London Architecture Photos

13 Jun 2021 Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal

10 Jun 2021 The Courtauld Modernisation Project photo © Benedict Johnson Photography The Courtauld Institute of Art London Renewal Masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century presented in magnificently restored setting following three-year transformation project. The elegantly restored Blavatnik Fine Rooms will showcase some of the greatest and most-loved works from The Courtauld’s collection. World-famous Impressionist collection reunited in the LVMH Great Room – London’s oldest exhibition space.

9 Jun 2021 Serpentine Pavilion 2021 Design: Counterspace photograph © Counterspace Photo: Iwan Baan Serpentine Pavilion 2021 Building

8 Jun 2021 City of London post-COVID in concept design competition image courtesy of architects practice City of London post-COVID design competition The Phil Freelon Design Competition honours the eponymous late architect and Perkins&Will design director who championed design for humanity. Launched firmwide in 2004 as the Design Leadership Council (DLC) Design Competition and renamed in 2019 in Freelon’s memory, the annual contest is part of the firm’s culture of curiosity, creativity, and innovation.

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22 May 2021 Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal  Programme photograph © UK Parliament Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme has partnered with experts at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

22 May 2021 One Portsoken Street London Office Building

21 May 2021 West 5 Apartment, Notting Hill

18 May 2021 NoMad London, 4 Bow St, Covent Garden, WC2E 7AT Design: Roman and Williams photograph : Simon Upton NoMad London Hotel, Covent Garden New-York based hospitality company, Sydell Group, opens NoMad London, the first international property for The NoMad Hotel brand, in the historic former Magistrate’s Court in the heart of London’s West End.

13 May 2021 Grenfell Tower in West London

11 May 2021 V&A Raphael Court Renewal

1 May 2021 David Hockney Digital Sunrise at Piccadilly Circus image courtesy David Hockney David Hockney at Piccadilly Circus A new video work by David Hockney, one of the world’s most celebrated living artists, will be unveiled on London’s Piccadilly Lights screen on 1 May at 20:21 BST.

29 Apr 2021 2021 City Benches Competition

27 Apr 2021 Sponge Urban Living

23 Apr 2021 London Festival of Architecture 2021

21 Apr 2021 House for a Gardener, Haringey, North East London Design: Amos Goldreich Architecture photograph : Ollie Hammick House for a Gardener, Haringey

22 Apr 2021 Low Line Railway Arches, Bankside

21 Apr 2021 Vault House

20 Apr 2021 Bear Gardens Mixed-Use Development

15 Apr 2021 Perrins Court Office Renovation, Hampstead

7 Apr 2021 Imperial War Museums’ London Staff Hub

7 Apr 2021 Hertford Theatre Development Project

7 Apr 2021 2021 London Festival of Architecture: LFA

31 Mar 2021 Pinnacle House, at Royal Wharf, Newham, East London Architecture: Mæ photo courtesy of architects firm Pinnacle House, Royal Wharf Newham Mæ has completed its newest project, Pinnacle House, at Royal Wharf in Newham – the 3,385-home riverside neighbourhood by Ballymore and Oxley.

29 Mar 2021 Palace of Westminster London Building Restoration

25 Mar 2021 Candle Factory

25 Mar 2021 Mountain View House

23 Mar 2021 The Chancery Rosewood Hotel, Mayfair

23 Mar 2021 Kaleidoscope Tiktok HQ

19 Mar 2021 National Gallery London Building

17 Mar 2021 Snowflake School, West London Building

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25 Feb 2021 Sands End Arts & Community Centre, Fulham

15 Feb 2021 Camden Highline Competition News

13 Feb 2021 Tolworth Complex, Kingston upon Thames

1 Feb 2021 KOL Restaurant, Seymour Street

14 Jan 2021 Interview with the Founder of Urbanist Architecture Ufuk Bahar Urbanist Architecture In an Interview with Ufuk Bahar, the founder of Urbanist Architecture, we asked him his thoughts about running an architecture company in London.

4 Jan 2021 Winter Pavilion London Competition

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20 Dec 2020 Royal Docks London Bench Designs

17 Dec 2020 Royal Greenwich Trust School Building

16 Dec 2020 60 Aldgate, Minories, City of London Design: ACME, Architects image courtesy of architects practice 60 Aldgate Building News The Minories Masterplan is a mixed-use scheme with a refurbished hotel, a new office building and a residential building. The scheme also includes a landscaped park around the residential building and a number of urban squares with landscaping and seating areas.

11 Dec 2020 Colney Hatch Lane homes, Barnet, North London Assael Architecture image courtesy of architects Colney Hatch Lane Housing Assael’s design draws on the neighbouring wood and aims to marry the different land uses surrounding the site. The development will significantly boost the local ecology by providing new wildlife habitats.

10 Dec 2020 Hackney Town Hall Restoration, Hackney, North East London Architects: Hawkins\Brown Hackney Town Hall Building Restoration ASWS (Associated Steel Window Services) is one of the country’s leading specialists in the restoration of beautiful old metal windows and has recently completed a stunning refurbishment of the windows and doors for a prestigious landmark project in East London.

3 Dec 2020 Reimagining Butler’s Wharf competition winner The Tide Line – evocative landscape by Ludwig Willis Architects, Structure Workshop & Howard Miller Landscape and Design: Reimagining Butler’s Wharf London

15 Nov 2020 Chiswick House Extension

12 Nov 2020 Spot robot monitors construction

10 Nov 2020 Lee Valley Ice Centre Design: FaulknerBrowns, architects image from architect Lee Valley Ice Centre Plans submitted to Waltham Forest Council for London’s first ever Olympic-sized twin-pad ice centre, have received planning approval, pending second stage approval from the GLA.

7 Nov 2020 Winter House Renovations

3 Nov 2020 Camden Highline Competition Shortlist The Camden Highline charity has shortlisted 5 design teams to deliver the exceptional new green passage that will connect Camden Town to King’s Cross. The shortlisted entries all examined the relationships between humans and nature: Camden Highline Design Competition Shortlist

1 Nov 2020 The Stage Curtain Playhouse in Shoreditch, East London Architects: Perkins&Will image courtesy of architects The Stage Curtain Playhouse Planning consent has been given to the visitor centre at The Stage to exhibit the excavated remains of the Curtain Playhouse to the public. Visitors will be standing on a glass platform above the stage on which Shakespeare once acted and where productions of Romeo & Juliet and Henry V were staged.

27 Oct 2020 Knollys Road Apartments and Mews, Tulse Hill

26 Oct 2020 Thamesmead Waterfront Competition

17 Oct 2020 The Garrison Houses, Southend-on-Sea

13 Oct 2020 Bladerunner House

10 Oct 2020 Regent Street Landscape Plans image courtesy of BDP Regent Street Landscape Plans The Crown Estate and Westminster City Council have unveiled plans to transform London’s iconic Regent Street – helping to deliver their shared vision for a greener, cleaner, safer and more accessible West End.

7 Oct 2020 Cascade House, Hampstead Village

6 Oct 2020 Rossetti Studios Chelsea Restoration

2 Oct 2020 St Paul’s Girl’s School, Hammersmith

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A Joseph Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph Angelini, Res.1 (D) Joseph Angelini Jr., Lad.4 Faustino Apostol Jr., Bat.2 David Arce, Eng.33 Louis Arena, Lad.5 (D) Carl Asaro, Bat.9 Lt. Gregg Atlas, Eng.10 Gerald Atwood, Lad.21

B Gerald Baptiste, Lad.9 A.C. Gerard Barbara, Cmd. Ctr. Matthew Barnes, Lad.25 Arthur Barry, Lad.15 Lt.Steven Bates, Eng.235 Carl Bedigian, Eng.214 Stephen Belson, Bat.7 John Bergin, Res.5 Paul Beyer, Eng.6 Peter Bielfeld, Lad.42 Brian Bilcher, Sqd.1 Carl Bini, Res.5 Christopher Blackwell, Res.3 Michael Bocchino, Bat.48 Frank Bonomo, Eng.230 Gary Box, Sqd.1 Michael Boyle, Eng.33 Kevin Bracken, Eng.40 Michael Brennan, Lad.4 Peter Brennan, Res.4 Cpt. Daniel Brethel, Lad.24 (D) Cpt. Patrick Brown, Lad.3 Andrew Brunn, Lad.5 (D) Cpt. Vincent Brunton, Lad.105 F.M. Ronald Bucca Greg Buck, Eng.201 Cpt. William Burke Jr., Eng.21 A.C. Donald Burns, Cmd. Ctr. John Burnside, Lad.20 Thomas Butler, Sqd.1 Patrick Byrne, Lad.101

C George Cain, Lad.7 Salvatore Calabro, Lad.101 Cpt. Frank Callahan, Lad.35 Michael Cammarata, Lad.11 Brian Cannizzaro, Lad.101 Dennis Carey, Hmc.1 Michael Carlo, Eng.230 Michael Carroll, Lad.3 Peter Carroll, Sqd.1 (D) Thomas Casoria, Eng.22 Michael Cawley, Lad.136 Vernon Cherry, Lad.118 Nicholas Chiofalo, Eng.235 John Chipura, Eng.219 Michael Clarke, Lad.2 Steven Coakley, Eng.217 Tarel Coleman, Sqd.252 John Collins, Lad.25 Robert Cordice, Sqd.1 Ruben Correa, Eng.74 James Coyle, Lad.3 Robert Crawford, Safety Lt. John Crisci, H.M. B.C. Dennis Cross, Bat.57 (D) Thomas Cullen III, Sqd. 41 Robert Curatolo, Lad.16 (D)

D Lt. Edward D'Atri, Sqd.1 Michael D'Auria, Eng.40 Scott Davidson, Lad.118 Edward Day, Lad.11 B.C. Thomas DeAngelis, Bat. 8 Manuel Delvalle, Eng.5 Martin DeMeo, H.M. 1 David DeRubbio, Eng.226 Lt. Andrew Desperito, Eng.1 (D) B.C. Dennis Devlin, Bat.9 Gerard Dewan, Lad.3 George DiPasquale, Lad.2 Lt. Kevin Donnelly, Lad.3 Lt. Kevin Dowdell, Res.4 B.C. Raymond Downey, Soc. Gerard Duffy, Lad.21

E Cpt. Martin Egan, Jr., Div.15 (D) Michael Elferis, Eng.22 Francis Esposito, Eng.235 Lt. Michael Esposito, Sqd.1 Robert Evans, Eng.33

F B.C. John Fanning, H.O. Cpt. Thomas Farino, Eng.26 Terrence Farrell, Res.4 Cpt. Joseph Farrelly, Div.1 Dep. Comm. William Feehan, (D) Lee Fehling, Eng.235 Alan Feinberg, Bat.9 Michael Fiore, Res.5 Lt. John Fischer, Lad.20 Andre Fletcher, Res.5 John Florio, Eng.214 Lt. Michael Fodor, Lad.21 Thomas Foley, Res.3 David Fontana, Sqd.1 Robert Foti, Lad.7 Andrew Fredericks, Sqd.18 Lt. Peter Freund, Eng.55

G Thomas Gambino Jr., Res.3 Chief of Dept. Peter Ganci, Jr. (D) Lt. Charles Garbarini, Bat.9 Thomas Gardner, Hmc.1 Matthew Garvey, Sqd.1 Bruce Gary, Eng.40 Gary Geidel, Res.1 B.C. Edward Geraghty, Bat.9 Dennis Germain, Lad.2 Lt. Vincent Giammona, Lad.5 James Giberson, Lad.35 Ronnie Gies, Sqd.288 Paul Gill, Eng.54 Lt. John Ginley, Eng.40 Jeffrey Giordano, Lad.3 John Giordano, Hmc.1 Keith Glascoe, Lad.21 James Gray, Lad.20 B.C. Joseph Grzelak, Bat.48 Jose Guadalupe, Eng.54 Lt. Geoffrey Guja, Bat.43 Lt. Joseph Gullickson, Lad.101

H David Halderman, Sqd.18 Lt. Vincent Halloran, Lad.8 Robert Hamilton, Sqd.41 Sean Hanley, Lad.20 (D) Thomas Hannafin, Lad.5 Dana Hannon, Eng.26 Daniel Harlin, Lad.2 Lt. Harvey Harrell, Res.5 Lt. Stephen Harrell, Bat.7 Cpt. Thomas Haskell, Jr., Div.15 Timothy Haskell, Sqd.18 (D) Cpt. Terence Hatton, Res.1 Michael Haub, Lad.4 Lt. Michael Healey, Sqd.41 John Hefferman, Lad.11 Ronnie Henderson, Eng.279 Joseph Henry, Lad.21 William Henry, Res.1 (D) Thomas Hetzel, Lad.13 Cpt. Brian Hickey, Res.4 Lt. Timothy Higgins, S.O.C. Jonathan Hohmann, Hmc.1 Thomas Holohan, Eng.6 Joseph Hunter, Sqd.288 Cpt. Walter Hynes, Lad.13 (D)

I Jonathan Ielpi, Sqd.288 Cpt. Frederick Ill Jr., Lad.2

J William Johnston, Eng.6 Andrew Jordan, Lad.132 Karl Joseph, Eng.207 Lt. Anthony Jovic, Bat.47 Angel Juarbe Jr., Lad.12 Mychal Judge, Chaplain (D)

K Vincent Kane, Eng.22 B.C. Charles Kasper, S.O.C. Paul Keating, Lad.5 Richard Kelly Jr., Lad.11 Thomas R. Kelly, Lad.15 Thomas W. Kelly, Lad.105 Thomas Kennedy, Lad.101 Lt. Ronald Kerwin, Sqd.288 Michael Kiefer, Lad.132 Robert King Jr., Eng.33 Scott Kopytko, Lad.15 William Krukowski, Lad.21 Kenneth Kumpel, Lad.25 Thomas Kuveikis, Sqd.252

L David LaForge, Lad.20 William Lake, Res.2 Robert Lane, Eng.55 Peter Langone, Sqd.252 Scott Larsen, Lad.15 Lt. Joseph Leavey, Lad.15 Neil Leavy, Eng.217 Daniel Libretti, Res.2 Carlos Lillo, Paramedic Robert Linnane, Lad.20 Michael Lynch, Eng.40 Michael Lynch, Lad.4 Michael Lyons, Sqd.41 Patrick Lyons, Sqd.252

M Joseph Maffeo, Lad.101 William Mahoney, Res 4 Joseph Maloney, Lad.3 (D) B.C. Joseph Marchbanks Jr, Bat.12 Lt. Charles Margiotta, Bat.22 Kenneth Marino, Res.1 John Marshall, Eng.23 Lt. Peter Martin, Res.2 Lt. Paul Martini, Eng.23 Joseph Mascali, T.S.U. 2 Keithroy Maynard, Eng.33 Brian McAleese, Eng.226 John McAvoy, Lad.3 Thomas McCann, Bat.8 Lt. William McGinn, Sqd.18 B.C. William McGovern, Bat.2 (D) Dennis McHugh, Lad.13 Robert McMahon, Lad.20 Robert McPadden, Eng.23 Terence McShane, Lad.101 Timothy McSweeney, Lad.3 Martin McWilliams, Eng.22 (D) Raymond Meisenheimer, Res.3 Charles Mendez, Lad.7 Steve Mercado, Eng.40 Douglas Miller, Res.5 Henry Miller Jr, Lad.105 Robert Minara, Lad.25 Thomas Mingione, Lad.132 Lt. Paul Mitchell, Bat.1 Capt. Louis Modafferi, Res.5 Lt. Dennis Mojica, Res.1 (D) Manuel Mojica, Sqd.18 (D) Carl Molinaro, Lad.2 Michael Montesi, Res.1 Capt. Thomas Moody, Div.1 B.C. John Moran, Bat.49 Vincent Morello, Lad.35 Christopher Mozzillo, Eng.55 Richard Muldowney Jr, Lad.07 Michael Mullan, Lad.12 Dennis Mulligan, Lad.2 Lt. Raymond Murphy, Lad.16

N Lt. Robert Nagel, Eng.58 John Napolitano, Res.2 Peter Nelson, Res.4 Gerard Nevins, Res.1

O Dennis O'Berg, Lad.105 Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, Lad.4 Douglas Oelschlager, Lad.15 Joseph Ogren, Lad.3 Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, Bat.4 Samuel Oitice, Lad.4 Patrick O'Keefe, Res.1 Capt. William O'Keefe, Div.15 (D) Eric Olsen, Lad.15 Jeffery Olsen, Eng.10 Steven Olson, Lad.3 Kevin O'Rourke, Res.2 Michael Otten, Lad.35

P Jeffery Palazzo, Res.5 B.C. Orio Palmer, Bat.7 Frank Palombo, Lad.105 Paul Pansini, Eng.10 B.C. John Paolillo, Bat.11 James Pappageorge, Eng.23 Robert Parro, Eng.8 Durrell Pearsall, Res.4 Lt. Glenn Perry, Bat.12 Lt. Philip Petti, Bat.7 Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, Eng. 33 Lt. Kenneth Phelan, Bat.32 Christopher Pickford, Eng.201 Shawn Powell, Eng.207 Vincent Princiotta, Lad.7 Kevin Prior, Sqd.252 B.C. Richard Prunty, Bat.2 (D)

Q Lincoln Quappe, Res.2 Lt. Michael Quilty, Lad.11 Ricardo Quinn, Paramedic

R Leonard Ragaglia, Eng.54 Michael Ragusa, Eng.279 Edward Rall, Res.2 Adam Rand, Sqd.288 Donald Regan, Res.3 Lt. Robert Regan, Lad.118 Christian Regenhard, Lad.131 Kevin Reilly, Eng.207 Lt. Vernon Richard, Lad.7 James Riches, Eng.4 Joseph Rivelli, Lad.25 Michael Roberts, Eng.214 Michael E. Roberts, Lad.35 Anthony Rodriguez, Eng.279 Matthew Rogan, Lad.11 Nicholas Rossomando, Res.5 Paul Ruback, Lad.25 Stephen Russell, Eng.55 Lt. Michael Russo, S.O.C. B.C. Matthew Ryan, Bat.1

S Thomas Sabella, Lad.13 Christopher Santora, Eng.54 John Santore, Lad.5 (D) Gregory Saucedo, Lad.5 Dennis Scauso, H.M. 1 John Schardt, Eng.201 B.C. Fred Scheffold, Bat.12 Thomas Schoales, Eng.4 Gerard Schrang, Res.3 (D) Gregory Sikorsky, Sqd.41 Stephen Siller, Sqd.1 Stanley Smagala Jr, Eng.226 Kevin Smith, H.M. 1 Leon Smith Jr, Lad 118 Robert Spear Jr, Eng.26 Joseph Spor, Res.3 B.C. Lawrence Stack, Bat.50 Cpt. Timothy Stackpole, Div.11 (D) Gregory Stajk, Lad.13 Jeffery Stark, Eng.230 Benjamin Suarez, Lad.21 Daniel Suhr, Eng.216 (D) Lt. Christopher Sullivan, Lad.111 Brian Sweeney, Res.1

T Sean Tallon, Lad.10 Allan Tarasiewicz, Res.5 Paul Tegtmeier, Eng.4 John Tierney, Lad.9 John Tipping II, Lad.4 Hector Tirado Jr, Eng.23

V Richard Vanhine, Sqd.41 Peter Vega, Lad.118 Lawrence Veling, Eng.235 John Vigiano II, Lad.132 Sergio Villanueva, Lad.132 Lawrence Virgilio, Sqd.18 (D)

W Lt. Robert Wallace, Eng.205 Jeffery Walz, Lad. 9 Lt. Michael Warchola, Lad.5 (D) Capt. Patrick Waters, S.O.C. Kenneth Watson, Eng.214 Michael Weinberg, Eng.1 (D) David Weiss, Res.1 Timothy Welty, Sqd.288 Eugene Whelan, Eng.230 Edward White, Eng.230 Mark Whitford, Eng.23 Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Eng.238 (D) B.C. John Williamson, Bat.6 (D) Capt. David Wooley, Lad.4

Y Raymond York, Eng.285 (D)

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