Battersea Roof Garden in summer

Residents will be able to enjoy a 355-metre long landscaped roof garden, designed by the architects behind New York’s High Line

Ahead of the launch of Phase 3 of Battersea Power Station’s redevelopment this Friday, the Battersea Power Station Development Company has released the designs for the landscaped gardens that will sit on top of the 15-storey apartment block adjacent to the famous south London landmark.

Designed by James Corner Field Operations, the architect who turned New York’s disused railway lines into the acclaimed High Line urban park, the 355-metre long roof gardens will include a fitness deck, a “woodland walk” of white birch trees whose trunks echo the Power Station’s iconic white chimneys, and a lookout point offering 360 degree views of the station and London’s skyline.

Battersea Roof Garden in autumn

Perhaps optimistic about London’s climate, the developers have also included plans for a “sun lawn” for picnics and open-air film screenings, as well as a “summer kitchen” with a communal table to cater for al fresco dinner parties, and a “sun lounge” containing seating, drinking and dining areas to take in the views.

Grant Brooker, senior executive partner ofFoster + Partners, the architects responsible for Phase 3 of the redevelopment says: “We have worked on many gardens but never before on this scale. To create a garden this spectacular in our home city, that is so near to the Power Station that we all love is very special”....Continue Reading

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