Shortlisted for Camden High Line

Feilden Fowles Architects, J&L Gibbons Landscape , Arup; Max Fordham; Deloitte; Michael Grubb Studio; Nomad Projects; Fossil Plants; Fanshawe; Sarah Couch Historic Landscapes; A Practice for Everyday Life; The Ecology Consultancy; JA Projects and Shared Assets. Drawing by Feilden Fowles

JA Projects, as part of a consortium led by Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons, have been named as one of five finalists in an international competition for a £35 million raised linear park connecting Camden Town to King’s Cross.

The Camden High Line competition - organised by Colander Associates on behalf of the Camden Highline Charity – will select a design-led practice ’to create a new ‘park for everybody, connecting people in the area both physically and with new community activities.’ The scheme aims to regenerate a 1.1km stretch of abandoned railway, formerly part of the North London Railway, creating a 10-minute pedestrian link between Kentish Town Road in Camden Town and Camley Street in King’s Cross, bypassing eight busy roads using eight existing bridges.

Read the full article in the Architect’s Journal