07.12.2021
SLA wins Public Realm & Landscape Masterplan for One Euston
We are thrilled to share that we have been chosen as the winner of the international tender competition to masterplan the landscape and public realm for Euston – the 60-acre, £10 billion development project dubbed as one of London’s most important urban development projects for the next 30 years.
The Euston Masterplan, covering a 60-acre site in central London (between Regent’s Park, Camden Town, and British Museum), involves the development and design of one of the world’s busiest high-speed train stations and the transformation of the wider Euston area into a buzzing and thriving neighborhood. The development is estimated to provide 3,000 new homes, 35,000 new jobs, up to 1 million m2 of developable area, 75 million annual visitors, and 21 acres of new green and public space for communities, residents, workers, and visitors. All in a net-zero-carbon built environment.
SLA was appointed Public Realm and Landscape Masterplanner by international developer Lendlease following an invited tender process involving six top international and UK landscape architectural studios.
“We are delighted to be working with Lendlease, Camden Council, and the wider Euston community on such an important project for London. For us, Euston represents a unique opportunity to transform a currently unconnected part of London into a nature-rich, sustainable, and truly complete neighborhood – using the existing vibrant and diverse neighborhoods as a driver,” says Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal and Partner in SLA.
A central aim of the project is to put people and public space first. The ambition is to make Euston inclusive and welcoming for everyone, with an abundance of green spaces with plenty of opportunities for people to stroll, sit, and socialize. The aim is to create a place that improves the residents’ daily lives, economic opportunities, and physical and mental health – while using nature-based design solutions that improve air quality, enhance biodiversity, and reduce the risks of urban heat islands and flooding.
“The Euston project is massive both in scale, complexity, and ambition. Soon, there will literally be thousands of square meters of new green, public space on top of railway tracks, train stations, and infrastructure, right in the middle of Central London. As Public Realm and Landscape Masterplanner we will unleash our full interdisciplinary design approach: Our inhouse landscape designers, anthropologists, biologists, microclimate experts, and public life consultants will ensure that Euston becomes a beacon for how to design sustainable, biodiverse, and socially conscious places for all,” says Rasmus Astrup.
SLA will deliver the first part of the Public Realm & Landscape Masterplan in July 2023, whereafter the project moves into the concept design phase. The train station and the first phase of the masterplan will be completed in 2032.
The full Euston Masterplan is made in great collaboration with Prior & Partners (masterplanner), ACME (design architect) and collaborators DP9, ARUP and Grimshaw.
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Line Agnes Bjørløw Skjærlund
Head of Business Development, Associate Partner
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.
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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!
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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.