Construction work has been paused on the entire £9bn Battersea Power Station site, one of the country’s biggest redevelopments.

Architects whose phases are currently under construction include Frank Gehry, Foster & Partners – both of whom have designed blocks of flats – and Purcell and Wilkinson Eyre, architects respectively of the restoration and conversion of the listed power station.

The site temporarily closed last week but in an update Battersea Power Station Development Company chief executive Simon Murphy said: “We have concluded that, in light of the government requirements and guidelines, the site should remain closed for the next few weeks.

…