PROPERTY Brighton i360 shooting skywards


Marks Barfield Architects’ Brighton i360 is about to get vertical as construction work at the observation tower on the south coast shiſts into a new gear and heads skyward. Standing 162m (531.5ft)


£150m is needed for a 10-year restoration scheme


Buckingham Palace needs £150m for maintenance


Buckingham Palace is in line for ren- ovations costing up to £150m after a preliminary report on the state of the pop- ular London attraction, which is home to Queen Elizabeth II, said the figure would be needed over the course of the next decade to maintain the Grade I listed building. Included as part of the latest annual


report looking at the Royal Family’s finances, comments from Alan Reid, keeper of the Privy Purse, said the necessary ren- ovation work on the UK landmark would ‘present a significant financial challenge.’ According to a palace spokesperson, the


£150m figure has been identified by heri- tage experts as a realistic estimate for work required on the palace as part of a 10-year restoration scheme. Architects are yet to be appointed for the restoration and it is not yet known if outside funding will be sought for the attraction, which draws around 500,000 visitors on an annual basis. Details: http://lei.sr?a=s2x7v_O


Hopkins win approval for Wiggins velodrome plans


Hopkins Architects’ plans to build a new £1.75m pavilion at the historic Herne Hill Velodrome in London have been approved. Te velodrome dates back to 1891 and


is the last surviving venue from the 1948 Olympics, but the old pavilion had fallen into disrepair despite the track itself still being regularly used. Local councillors unanimously voted in favour of the new plans to regenerate the velodrome, where Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins – who broke cycling’s prestigious hour record last month at London’s Lee Valley VeloPark – learnt to race as a child. Te new pavilion will include changing


facilities and a coach’s room, as well as cov- ered outdoor seating and a new meeting/ club room featuring views over the track. Original cast iron columns from the 1890s have been incorporated into the design. Details: http://lei.sr?a=M3U6y


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high, the i360 will be the UK’s tallest visitor attraction outside London. Visitors enter a glass pod, with views slowly unfolding as it elevates up to the top of the tower. Te architects – husband


and wife team David Marks and Julia Barfield – also designed the London Eye. Dutch contractor Hollandia, France-based Poma (designer of the glass pod, drive mechanism and the ride control system), plus Jacobs Engineering Group also worked on the London Eye project and have reunited for the new tower – which is being billed as a ‘vertical pier’. “Using the experience we gained


from creating the London Eye and some innovative engineering, the i360 will be the world’s first vertical cable car where passengers can walk around freely inside the moving viewing pod,” said Marks.


Te Brighton i360 is scheduled to open in summer 2016 Te glass viewing pod will be 10 times the


size of a London Eye capsule and can hold up to 200 people at one time. A visitor cen- tre has been incorporated into the foot of the tower design, incorporating a 400-seat res- taurant, conference and exhibition space, a shop and children’s play facilities. Te foundations of the attraction have now


been put in place, with the arrival of the first section of the tower last month generating a significant local buzz as crowds gathered to witness the unloading of parts from barge to beach. Details: http://lei.sr?a=T9N2X_O


Rogers to explore behaviour in design


Richard Rogers – the architect behind the Lloyd’s of London build- ing and the Millennium Dome – has launched a parliamentary inquiry into how design in planning can affect behaviour change. Rogers kicked off the eight-month-


long Design Commission inquiry in the Houses of Parliament last month. Te cross-party investigation aims to explore how increased use of design in planning of the built environment could lead to positive behaviour change in local communities. The inquiry comes in the same


Richard Rogers believes design can influence behaviour


week that newly-released research supported the long-held view that cities which strive to promote physical activity gain a significant economic advantage. Te All Party Parliamentary Design and


Innovation Group (APDIG) is calling for examples of how infrastructure can be used to ‘design for good behaviours’ and is also seeking case studies where design-led planning policy has positively affected communities. “Te commission believes that in designing and constructing the environments in which


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people live and work, architects and planners are necessarily involved in influencing human behaviour,” said a statement released by Rogers. “The commission argues there’s a long-


standing recognition that the way people live their lives is directly linked to their designed environments. While welcoming government use of nudge theory principles in policy-mak- ing decisions, the commission identifies a need to further develop and reinvigorate thinking in the field.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=W9G8K_O


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