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Archi-blogWelcome to the David Taylor journalist web blog, for architectural journalism and more. Tuesday, August 03, 2010NLQ scoops mag of the year gong Here's me (centre) accepting the award of IBP Subscription Magazine of the Year 2010 for New London Quarterly. I think I'd had three glasses of prosecco at this point. Pictured with me are Andrew Schoones from the Building Centre and one of the judges of the award and IBP's Gerald Bowey. Posted by David Taylor at 3:39 pm Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Springtime in London The new issue of New London Quarterly - which I edit - is out. Timed for the MIPIM property show in the south of France (from which I've just returned), it includes an interview with MIPIM attendee and London mayor Boris Johnson, another with architecture's nemesis Sir Simon Jenkins, and, in the lead up to the general election a piece of political forecasting from Tony Travers. There are also articles on East London, on Bankside and London Bridge, ten years on from the establishment of Tate Modern, a piece on Clive Dutton and the regeneration of the borough he works for, Newham, in the run-up to the Olympics (and beyond), and plenty more. Spring is sprung. Posted by David Taylor at 2:27 pm Thursday, January 21, 2010 New London This is the new-look magazine I've been working on. Called 'New London Quarterly', it's aimed at developers, architects, politicians both local and national, and anyone else with an interest in built environment in the capital. It also reviews and is complementary to the work of the New London Architecture Gallery, a growing force in London development circles. Hope you like it. Posted by David Taylor at 10:01 am Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Liverpool vision A book I wrote about Liverpool and the city-changing project by BDP, Liverpool One, has just been published. The masterplan scheme is shortlisted - along with five others - for the Stirling Prize, which is announced on October 17. For more info on that click the above 'Liverpool vision' link. Posted by David Taylor at 12:55 pm Friday, June 05, 2009 Battersea tries again The company aiming to redevelop Battersea Power Station have asked Rafael Vinoly to come up with new designs, and here they are. It certainly looks like a high density development... The masterplan includes around 3,700 new homes, 1.5 million sqft of office floorspace, 500,000 sqft of retail, restaurants, a hotel, leisure space and community facilities. It is this mix of uses, says developer Real Estate Opportunities Limited, that is 'essential to delivering an active place that will bring life to the area.' Around 16,500 new jobs will be created within the completed development, along with thousands of construction jobs. Many of the job opportunities will be available to local people, who will be invited to see the new plans at a public exhibition that is on until 6 June. Posted by David Taylor at 8:56 am Friday, May 01, 2009 Inhabited bridges and Chelsea BarracksTwo quick nuggets of news.I've just heard London mayor Boris Johnson on the radio (LBC) telling presenter Nick Ferrari that he would like to see a new bridge in London and that it will include residential and other uses on it. This is very much like the old inhabited bridge idea of yesteryear, which got as far as a design competition but no further. Zaha Hadid was involved at that time. Johnson said he had 'very clever people' working away on the idea 'as we speak'. 'We are certainly looking into the idea', he said. 'Something that could provide a commercial zone.' Watch this space. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Secondly, I've been sent a press release from Qatari Diar and Project Blue which reiterates the developers' commitment to the design by Rogers Stirk Harbour of the Chelsea Barracks scheme. This was the project which irritated Prince Charles, who intervened to suggest the take up of an alternative, more traditionalist design. A furore followed, with big-name architects responding by letter to national newspapers in support of the original scheme and arguing that the Prince's intervention was undemocratic. The new statement reads: '1st May, 2009, London – Project Blue (Guernsey) Limited (“PBGL”), the owner and developer of the Chelsea Barracks site, is concerned that several recent reports in the media have either stated or implied that it is actively considering abandoning the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (“RSHP”) scheme which it submitted for planning to Westminster City Council (“WCC”) on 27th February 2009. As a direct consequence of these reports, PBGL has written to WCC confirming its wholehearted commitment to the RSHP scheme.' 
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