In the heart of London resides two of the city’s most iconic, unusual landmarks: Bankside Power Station and Battersea Power Station. These immense structures, designed by the eminent church architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, stand today as symbols of a bygone industrial era in the city of London. Each building has undergone a unique transformation in the 20th century: Bankside Power Station is now known as the Tate Modern museum and is considered a testament to modern adaptive reuse, while Battersea Power Station has proved to be more difficult to redevelop and is undergoing commercial retrofit.

The website is intended to function as both a thesis and a database, presenting both distinct narratives on the two power stations and providing access to a curated selection of the primary sources used to construct those narratives. There are three ways to navigate through database's content:

The aim of the Power Stations of London database is to make transparent the process of research and synthesis that went into thesis work, while also allowing viewers to independently examine source materials and come to their own conclusions. 



                                                                                                                                   

As a part of a Yale Undergraduate Architecture Independent Study Project funded through the Kilborne Memorial Fellowship, this website serves as a curated collection of independent research, images, and documents on Bankside and Battersea Power Stations, amassed between January 2013 and February 2014. 

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Gehry and Foster Three Stage Redevelopment Plan (2014)

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The newest proposal for Battersea Power Station, Gehry and Foster unveiled plans for the new housing development adjacent to Battersea in April of…

Design Entry by Herzog and de Meuron for the Tate Modern Museum (1994)

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Document produced by Herzog and de Meuron as part of the 1994 competition to redevelop Bankside Power Station into the Tate Britain's new modern art…

Animals, Pink Floyd (1977)

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Artwork of Pink Floyd's 1997 album cover, Animals, featuring Battersea Power Station and an inflatable pig suspended between the chimneys.

Circus West Proposed Development (2013)

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Cover of Battersea Power Station Development Company magazine, depicting Phase 2 of their current redevelopment plan.