Architects Reveal Heathrow City Designs

16 July 2014 | General News, Transport | By: BethPH

Factory-for-homes plan

Three architects have unveiled their proposed designs for Heathrow City, if the existing airport closes in favour of another location.

The Heathrow designs come just days after reports said costs for an estuary airportcould far exceed estimates (which we thought was a given for infrastructure projects but what do we know?) and have been commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) at a cost of 90,000. The mayor said:

The demand for new homes and jobs in the capital is such that we must be ready to start redeveloping Heathrow the moment it moves to its new site. And the sooner we start planning the better.

The three Heathrow proposals aim to provide much-needed homes and jobs for London.HawkinsBrown envisages a giant factory where people canorder homes to their own specifications whileRick Mather Architects andMaccreanor Lavington are centred around living cities.

The Airports Commission is set to make a decision in 2015 on whether to opt for a third runway at Heathrow or back London mayor Boris Johnsons plan for anestuary airport. The consultation is open until 8 August.

Tags: airport expansion, boris island, estuary airport, heathrow city

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