Mitheridge and SGN Place get green light for 620-home Wandsworth gasworks scheme

The south-west London scheme will save embodied carbon by reusing the concrete gas holder foundations. The post Mitheridge and SGN Place get green light for 620-home Wandsworth gasworks scheme appeared first on Property Week.

‘Generation Rave’ is growing to care: Ravensbourne Student Show 2024

The Architects’ Journal‘Generation Rave’ is growing to care: Ravensbourne Student Show 2024 From a horticultural centre inside a gas holder to a psychedelic therapy clinic in the ruins of Southwark Park, caring for the community – and the planet – was at the core of this year’s showcase at Ravensbourne University The post ‘Generation Rave’ is growing to care: Ravensbourne Student Show 2024 appeared first on The Architects’ JournalGino Spocchia

Demolition begins on Granton gas holder

The bell at the historic gasholder in Edinburgh’s Granton Waterfront has been taken apart to make way for a new park.

Tom Scott - The Rise and Fall of the Gasometer, 14042014

In towns and cities across Britain, Europe, and occasionally the rest of the world, there are still some odd circular scaffolding structures ... the Gasometer (or Gas holder). The large metal tanks stored gas before being distributed through pipes to local consumers. Gas holders were originally used for balancing the daily demand of manufactured gaseous fuels. With the move to natural gas and creation of the national grid network, their use steadily declined ...