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Doubt plagues Battersea after owner suffers crippling debts

28.08.09
The future of Battersea Power Station is in doubt as crippling debts and the slump in the property market left its owner fighting for survival... more

Unveiled: the 'last chance' for Battersea Power Station

04.06.09
Developers launch what they say is a final attempt to save Battersea Power Station... more

Boris the Bold has put paid to capital’s rabbit hutches

08.05.09
Hooray for Boris. Make the Mayor of London Prime Minister, no, King. For our hero seems to have faced down penny-pinching housebuilders to insist no more rabbit-hutch homes be built for sale in London ... more

New designs for Battersea Power Station unveiled

14.04.09
New designs for Battersea Power Station have been unveiled after a plan for a 250-metre "eco-chimney" was scrapped in the face of hostility from local residents and Boris Johnson... more

McBride and the PM’s dilemma

14.04.09
IT WOULD be easy to dismiss the storm over emails sent by No 10 adviser Damien McBride as just another Westminster row over spin... more

Battersea's power failure

03.03.09
As a 250-metre glass tower becomes the latest failed proposal for the iconic power station, its developer needs to forget the hare-brained schemes and get on with regenerating the area.... more

Protests put paid to chimney at Battersea

26.02.09
Plans to build a giant glass chimney B rising out of an "eco-dome" at Battersea power station have been scrapped... more

A towering opportunity to regenerate this backwater

06.01.09
Two Irish entrepreneurs have devised a £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station and the Nine Elms corridor. Here they outline their vision but to realise it the Mayor may have to break the rules... more

The £20 billion gamble to transform London

15.10.08
They were conceived in the boom times, but some of the ambitious developments set to breathe new life into the capital face huge challenges as recession bites ... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

A towering affront to common sense

20.06.08
Controversial plans to develop a landmark site at Battersea pose the first test of the Mayor's stance on tall buildings... more

Battersea's £4bn glass tower to dwarf the Wharf

20.06.08
A £4 billion masterplan to save Battersea Power Station before it collapses has been unveiled... more

The man who will wake the monster

27.05.08
The latest developers paid £400 million for Battersea Power Station. Now Rob Tincknell takes up the challenge of breathing life into the decaying giant ... more

Comment: credit crunch will dictate skyline

19.05.08
Suddenly everything has changed. Two months ago, prospective developers were being told to make every proposal bigger and higher. London seemed on its way to becoming a city of towers, a Thames-side Dubai or Shanghai... more

It's a winner: the reborn festival hall

29.05.07
The sense of space strikes you first, sheer generous expanses undulating over different levels, like a rectangular version of the English countryside. ... more

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