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It’s great to see this new video from Ballymore which demonstrates Royal Wharf in London as a thriving new town, designed with great architecture and strong placemaking principles. Its remarkable to consider that a diverse community of 10,000 people live here now; I remember seeing it as an industrial wasteland in 2014, before construction started. Whittam Cox Architects were delighted to play our part in delivering the majority of buildings and homes here as Executive Architects, employing modern methods of design and construction. Over a total period of 8 years, we collaborated with a range of construction and professional partners, including Howells and Byldis. Evidently this model can be used effectively to respond to the current under supply of new homes and we’re very proud to be delivering other projects around the country like this today…
Ambitious homebuilding targets have been set for London and the UK. In order to deliver 1.5m homes over the next five years, the private and public sector must work in close partnership to plan, design and build at pace and at scale. At Royal Wharf in the Royal Docks, in just six years Ballymore has delivered a new town with some 4,500 homes, a new high street, healthcare facilities, parks, a primary school and nursery, community centre and workspace, as well as a new pier for Thames Clippers. Our web article takes a closer look at Royal Wharf, now an established community, and what lessons can be learnt from this extraordinary development project: https://lnkd.in/eM8pnPgv