New King's Cross concourse, images/info from Network Rail:


Image credit: John McAslan + Partners

News Update Nov 2007:
Network Rail today confirmed a multi-million pound package of local community benefits as part of the £400m transformation of King's Cross station. Following the receipt of planning consent in April 2007, Network Rail has worked with Camden Borough Council to agree a number of schemes as part of the wider development, which will deliver specific benefits for the surrounding area.


Image credit: John McAslan + Partners

The 50 million passengers who will use the station each year will benefit from an entirely restored, lighter and more attractive station. Improvements include:

- A new 5,000 sq metre concourse - over twice the size of the existing one with new shops and restaurants- providing new integrated transport links with international and domestic services from St Pancras, as well as London Underground
- A restored Grade 1 listed façade of the station which will be achieved by demolishing the 'temporary' current single-storey front to the station. The train shed and platforms will be refurbished and the roof replaced
- An additional platform, increasing reliability and capacity at the station
- A new open piazza in front of the station, larger than Leicester Square.

Kings Cross Station, Euston Road: interior + exterior from south


Photos © adrian welch jun 2007

Kings Cross area Redevelopment, north London
2006-
Allies & Morrison + Porphyrios Associates + various architects
Argent development

King’s Cross Square Competition
2007
for developer Argent & Network Rail
major central London space with links to McAslan + Partners project
long overdue overhaul required for poor quality space and forms hiding the original King’s Cross Station frontage – simple concept of two glazed arches



T1 Building, King’s Cross
2008-
Niall McLaughlin Architects

London Architects

Euston Station



London Railway Station : London Bridge

King’s Cross - first 3No. residential plots, York Way:
2008-10
Shortlist of 8 unveiled Nov 2007:
Burrell Foley Fischer; DRMM; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; Maccreanor Lavington; Munkenbeck & Marshall; O’Mahoney Pike; Panter Hudspith; PRP

Kings Cross Development:
King’s Cross – Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design building - proposal
2007-
Stanton Willliams

King’s Place - proposal, King’s Cross
2007-
Dixon Jones

Kings Cross Station building photographs taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01 lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816x2112 pixels - original photos available upon request:
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