Court clears way for ‘the Slab’ office block to be built on London’s South Bank Judge dismisses challenge that argued development failed to provide housing and could damage London landmarks The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024
OPINION - Britain has stopped building beautiful and the carbuncle known as the South Bank Slab is a new London low The curious thing about the development known as The Slab, which is to replace the unprepossessing ITV block on the South Bank, is that no one other than the developers has a good word to say for it. Yet Michael Gove approved it last week. The Mayor supported Lambeth council’s… Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2024
Build a 500-metre tower in London as a backdrop to ‘the Slab’ on the South Bank Letters: Bringing Europe’s tallest building back to London would be an inspiring and visionary project, says Frank DM Wilson, while Francis Bown says ‘the Slab’ will further blight the cityscape The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
Expensive and loathed, ‘the Slab’ will be a terrible monument. It’s being called Gove Towers and he deserves it The London megabuilding given the go-ahead this week is a giant symbol of profit over community, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
Michael Gove approves ‘derided’ £400m development on London’s South Bank Office complex nicknamed the Slab given go-ahead despite fierce opposition from green and modernist architecture campaigners The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024