With 30 illustrious years of publishing under our belt, we’re in the mood to celebrate and we’d like you to join us.
For Blueprint, it all began 30 years ago with a launch party in the then unfinished Lloyds building – Richard Rogers Partnership’s first London project.
Now we’re celebrating again with a 30th birthday, dramatically high up in the latest Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completion, NEO Bankside.
The ever-changing London skyline will form the backdrop to the evening, with some of the capital’s finest views out across the Thames to St Paul’s and, of course, RSH+P’s Leadenhall and the now slightly dwarfed Lloyds Building where it all started.
We have a number of tickets to give away to readers for our party on the evening of 9 October. If you’d like to joins us, please email info@blueprintmagazine.co.uk, with Party as the subject. Tickets will be allocated on a random, rather than on a first come first served basis and the deadline for sending in a request is Monday 30 September. We look forward to seeing you there!
We’d like to say a huge thank you to NEO Bankside for giving us the space for this event, and also thanks in advance to our main party sponsor, Crosswater.
The cover of the latest issue of Blueprint, which has been redesigned to celebrate the magazine’s 30th anniversary
NEO Bankside
Sitting in landscaped gardens next to Tate Modern, NEO Bankside is actually five separate buildings, called pavilions, of between six and 24 storeys, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for joint developers Native Land and Grosvenor.
The brief required a mix of 217 residential units ranging from studios and one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom units, all varying in size. RSH+P’s answer was to create a hexagonal plan form and orthogonal structural grid for maximum flexibility. This also gives the pavillions the look of ship’s prows, with RSH+P hallmark muscular external bracing and restrained, but positive use of colour.
These prows also feature floor-to-ceiling glazing to make the most of the views out over London.
The base of the have been given over to retail units, and include Terence Conran’s latest restaurant, Albion NEO Bankside.
For More information: neobankside.com, knightfrank.co.uk
