Source: Spheron Architects
Peckham Square, with Will Alsop’s library at the centre, McAslan’s Peckham Arch to the right, beside Peckham High Street, and Turner Works’ Mountview Academy to the far left
Spheron Architects has won a competition to remodel the square outside Will Alsop’s Stirling Prize-winning Peckham Library.
The architect, which has offices in Clapham and Accra, Ghana, beat a shortlist of three emerging practices to land the £6m Peckham Square project.
Southwark council was heavily criticised last year for putting together a 110-strong architecture framework worth £500m with almost no BAME-led practices, despite a quarter of the borough’s residents identifying as black. A revised framework is due out this spring.
Southwark housing boss quits after being unmasked as ‘YIMBY’ tweeter
A screenshot of the @SouthwarkYIMBY account dating to May 2019
Southwark Council’s lead member for housing has resigned after it emerged he was behind an anonymous Twitter account that criticised local campaigners
Leo Pollak, a Labour councillor for South Bermondsey, has tweeted pro-development and social housing content under the now-deleted handle @southwarkYIMBY – a play on ‘nimby’ or ‘not in my back yard – since late 2017, despite also having an account tied to his name.
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An archived version of the account, dating to May 2019, shows Pollak largely retweeted his other account and content relating to Southwark Council and Canada Water – although one tweet calls campaign group Peckham Visions ‘ridiculous’.
London council backs new Bakerloo line stations in Old Kent Road regeneration plan
Southwark Council has backed the construction of two new Bakerloo line stations in its revised regeneration plan for the Old Kent Road area in South London.
The plan – which will go out to public consultation in January 2021 – also includes plans to create two new “town centres” along the Old Kent Road, as well as the construction of 20,000 new homes, new parks, schools and leisure centres.
Two brand new town centres along the Old Kent Road
20,000 new homes, including at least 7,000 affordable homes of which at least 5,000 will be social rent homes