30.11.2022
SLA appointed landscape architect for iconic 40-acre Earls Court Development
We are thrilled to share that we have been selected as landscape architect and public realm designer for the entire 40-acre (160.000 m2) site of the iconic Earls Court Development in Central London.
The Earls Court Development project is one of London’s biggest and most strategically important redevelopment opportunities with a bold and ambitious vision to bring the wonder back to the iconic Earls Court site. The masterplan is led by client Earls Court Development Company (ECDC).
“Earls Court is a place where people used to share magical experiences. We believe we can add to that legacy by uniting people and city through biodiversity and a generous, community-led, and nature-based public realm for all Earls Court.”
— Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal and Partner.
The masterplan’s first phase will include up to 1,300 mixed tenure homes including affordable homes which will be delivered alongside a mix of cultural spaces, offices that will provide opportunities for hundreds of jobs, alongside public parks, squares, plazas, and public realm.
The importance and prioritization of the public realm were decisive for the choice of SLA:
“Extensive engagement to date has illustrated the importance of creating a place truly welcoming and accessible for all, leading to a commitment to introduce a people-led and nature-based place. Responding to this, ECDC has appointed globally renowned Danish practice SLA as the landscape architect across the whole development site,” says ECDC in a press release.
As landscape and public realm designer, SLA will work together with masterplanners Hawkins Brown and Studio Egret West and alongside phase 1 architects Sheppard Robson with Serie Architects and dRMM, ACME and Haworth Tompkins, and Maccreanor Lavington to develop detailed designs for the first phase of the emerging masterplan.
The masterplan will develop Earls Court based on the area’s strong cultural and industrial heritage, create new connections between the Burroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, and open up and connect the former Exhibition Center site to the outside world for the first time in 150 years.
“Earls Court is a place where people used to share magical experiences. We believe we can add to that legacy by uniting people and city through biodiversity and a generous, community-led, and nature-based public realm for all Earls Court,” says Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal and Partner in SLA.
Construction for the first phase is set to commence in 2025.
Earls Court is the second major London public realm masterplan won by SLA. SLA is also the Public Realm and Landscape Masterplanner for the £10 billion One Euston project in Camden, North London.
10.06.2025
SLA creates 104 new neighbourhood parks in Abu Dhabi
We are happy to share that we have completed one of the largest urban greening projects to date in the UAE: 104 new neighbourhood parks across Abu Dhabi, designed to improve health, biodiversity, and the everyday quality of life for all Abu Dhabi’s residents.
01.06.2025
SLA and GHD win major design project for Ookwemin Minising
We are incredibly excited to share that we – together with our partner GHD – have won the assignment as prime consultant for Ookwemin Minising: Toronto’s new 39.6-hectare island neighborhood planned for more than 15,000 residents!
23.05.2025
SLA exhibits New Nordic City Nature at Oslo National Museum
Today, the exhibition “New Nordic – Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place” opens at the National Museum in Oslo. SLA and Dyvik Kahlen have made a specially designed pavilion for the museum square – that takes visitors from the Michelin kitchen out into the urban realm. Its roof and landscape are planted with native, edible species from Oslo’s shores and forests, and offers a taste of New Nordic City Nature.