Calatrava’s centrepiece ‘dropped’ from £8.4bn Greenwich Peninsula scheme

Calatrava Greenwich

Axe still looms over Foster & Partners bus station as developer goes back to drawing board

Santiago Calatrava’s dramatic trio of twisting towers appears to have been dropped from the £8.4bn Greenwich Peninsula masterplan.

The huge glass complex – which would have been the Spanish architect’s first UK project – was due to be built on Will Alsop’s North Greenwich station, destroying the above-ground bus interchange which was designed by Foster & Partners.

Peninsula Place was unveiled to much fanfare in February 2017 as the much-vaunted £1bn centrepiece of the 150-acre Peninsula Central district which was masterplanned by Allies & Morrison.

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