Gensler proposes network of cycle highways in London’s unused underground

Architects from Gensler have released renderings of their plan to turn unused networks of the London Underground into “a stylish new subterranean route for pedestrians and cyclists,” CNN reports.

Renderings of the project, named London Underline, were created as a submission for the London Planning Awards. The plan includes using excess space underground for cultural and retail projects.

According to Dezeen, the name references the London Underground rail network and New York’s High Line park, suggesting that the city’s derelict mass transit networks “could provide the answer to overcrowding on other transport routes.”

However, a spokesperson for Transport for London, the city’s transport authority, told CNN that there aren’t many tunnels in subterranean London with “significant length that are not already part of out operational railway.”

Giants 400 | Nov 20, 2021

2021 Transit Facility Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. transit facility sector

Perkins and Will, Walsh Group, AECOM, and HDR top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest transit facility sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

Transit Facilities | Oct 11, 2021

Seattle’s Sound Transit U District Station opens

LMN Architects designed the project in collaboration with McMillen Jacobs Associates.

2021 Giants 400 Report The Continuum technical education facility, Lake City, S.C., Kris Decker, Firewater Photography, courtesy McMillan Pazdan Smith

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2021 Giants 400 Report: Ranking the largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S.

The 2021 Giants 400 Report includes more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.

Resiliency | Aug 19, 2021

White paper outlines cost-effective flood protection approaches for building owners

A new white paper from Walter P Moore offers an in-depth review of the flood protection process and proven approaches.

Resiliency | Jun 24, 2021

Oceanographer John Englander talks resiliency and buildings [new on HorizonTV]

New on HorizonTV, oceanographer John Englander discusses his latest book, which warns that, regardless of resilience efforts, sea levels will rise by meters in the coming decades. Adaptation, he says, is the key to future building design and construction.