London Buildings Grow, Change and Disappear on Google Street View Video

Studio 425 are pleased to present the short video ‘Time Travel with Google Street View’, in which London’s buildings appear to grow, change their façades and disappear completely, thanks to the quirks of Google Street View.

Thames Gateway Population Projection Graphics

We are pleased to present these original graphics representing the future population of East London and the Thames Gateway.

The figures are based on population projections produced by the Office of National Statistics and were produced by John Inglis.

Big Building, Little Building – A gallery of contrasting scales in architecture

When discussing new buildings with planners, local councillors or neighbours, people often assume that a new building should not be any taller than its immediate neighbours. Many people assume that a change in scale, say from two storeys to four is inevitably insensitive and damaging to the older buildings.

While this view is popular, it isn't particularly traditional and is arguably a modern manifestation of NIMBYism. It is also very damaging, as the world be a very bland place if every building had to be the same height as its neighbours.

With this in mind we have drawn together an image gallery of buildings that show how little and large buildings can happily sit side by side. We've intentionally concentrated on older buildings, often in desirable or affluent areas of London.

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Outerspace UK nominated for Landscape Institute Award

Outerspace UK Landscape Architects have been nominated for an award by the Landscape Institute.



The nomination recognises Outerspace's work on the Ancient Market Area in Kingston-upon-Thames. Outerspace worked with animators Room60 to produce the short film 'The Spell of the Ancient Market Area', which we are pleased to present, above.

The film combines 3D modelling, historical images, bespoke hand-drawn illustrations, photography and audio recordings from Kingston's lively food market. The film describes Outerspace's design approach to refurbishing the market area and was submitted to the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames as part of an invited competition.