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Lawn House – proposed redevelopment
Lawn House stands on the corner of The Lawn and Uxbridge Road, next to 2023's award-winning Hoxton Hotel, partly shown. Previously a Barclays Bank and now vacant, it provides the opportunity to complete The Lawn's decade-long transformation into a series of hotels ...
Macfarlane Place
Nomination for an Environment Award, 2025. Finely detailed brickwork is the feature in this new development on the corner of Macfarlane Road and Wood Lane opposite Westfield, designed by Maccreanor Lavington for Peabody Housing Association. It replaces the former BBC car park ...
The New Timber Yard
Nomination for an Nancye Goulden Award, 2025. Hidden away down a tiny lane known as Dimes Place just off King Street, is a new commercial development known as The New Timber Yard, because it was formerly the home of Moss Timber Merchants ...
The Hammersmith Belle
Nomination for a Wooden Spoon, 2025. The former Hampshire Hog / Hampshire has struggled in recent years, changing hands, names and formats several times, including in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. It used to have a restrained image commensurate with ...
Royal Masonic Hospital – approval
This project finally received permission by unanimous vote after a long planning meeting on 30th July, but with some remaining concerns expressed by neighbours. A member of your committee attended to observe and note the proceedings. We've written about this project four ...
Rivercourt Road LTN and the West Dulwich case
In the six months since the temporary Rivercourt Road LTN was put in place, we've received messages nearly every week - vanishingly few positive - and it's still regularly our most read article on the website. Messages fall into the following categories, ...
White City underpass approved… now for Holland Park Roundabout?
We're pleased to note that yesterday, LBHF and RBKC simultaneously approved the proposed pedestrian and cycle underpass underneath the Overground (Mildmay Line), linking the Imperial White City North Campus to North Kensington's Latimer Road. Modelled on continental schemes by Dutch architects West ...
Tall Buildings
Hammersmith has several tall buildings, the latest being 181 Talgarth road, but perhaps the most iconic is 1961's Empress State (31 Storeys) next to Earls Court. There are more in the pipeline, particularly on our borders. Six years ago, we wrote about ...
Bradmore Square Public Realm Improvements
Nomination for a Nancye Goulden Award, 2025. Bradmore Square is a small space tucked away behind Bradmore House on the Broadway, with which we and the Historic Buildings Group have a long history. The back entrance to Hammersmith tube and bus station, ...
River Pollution
With the recent boat races having brought with them the annual hand-wringing over river pollution, providing the Mayor with an opportunity to remind us of his 2024 pledge to make London's rivers swimmable within 10 years, it seems an appropriate moment to ...
King Street Public Realm Improvements
Nomination for a Nancye Goulden Award, 2025. The replacement of the bus lane in King Street by a temporary cycle lane during the pandemic was not without it's critics, including in this parish, given its impact on public transport - particularly with ...
Olympia Update
The Olympia project is approaching completion after over seven years of planning and construction, and has been holding 'sneak peeks' for locals to see in and around selected parts of the building in recent weeks. We were fortunate enough to join one ...
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