REVAMP OF 1930s LONDON POWER STATION INCLUDES GLASS LIFT

Architecture firm WilkinsonEyre and developer Battersea Power Station Development Co. announced that Chimney Lift, a glass lift rising 109 m through one of the four chimneys at Battersea Power Station in London, will be an attraction at the revitalized complex that will include Apple's new London campus, dezeen reports. The lift will provide passengers 360˚ views over London. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and opened in the 1930s, the power station was decommissioned in 1983. It is being redeveloped to house the development company, shops, offices, apartments and a hotel as the centerpiece of a 17-ha masterplan by Rafael Viñoly that also involves architects Bjarke Ingels Group, Simpson Architects, drMM, Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners.