Award winner for best best landscaped development
Battersea show
Sir Frederick Gibberd, who died in 1984 at the age of 76, is remembered by most people as the architect and
master planner of Harlow New Town, but he was also a landscape architect, who had many major commissions, but one of his favourite projects was his own garden at Old Harlow. He started his practice in 1945, but the Frederick Gibberd Partnership was founded in 1965 and continues to this day, with seven partners and some 60 staff.
Until recently, the practice was known as Gibberd Design, which left many people doubtful if it was the same Gibberd, but now it has reverted to its original name of Frederick Gibberd Partnership. One of its largest commissions that is still ongoing is the landscaping of Chelsea Bridge Wharf, a riverside site between Chelsea Bridge and Battersea Power Station.
Being adjacent to the large-scale features of the River Thames, Battersea Park and Battersea Power Station, the partnership decided that the landscape master plan should create a more intimate environment with greater intricacies and attractions, including extensive areas of water. This is particularly appropriate, as Gibberd designed the water gardens at Harlow, which are now designated as Grade II* on English Heritage’s Register of Parks and Gardens.
At Chelsea Bridge Wharf (which is in Battersea), a number of large trees have been put in to encourage indigenous bird species and other wildlife to the site, as detailed in the landscape master plan. Compared to most garden design projects on new housing developments, the landscaping at Chelsea Bridge Wharf is bold and memorable, particularly in its use of water for fountains and cascades.
HomeBuilder: BERKELEY HOMES (CENTRAL LONDON) LIMITED
The Project Office, Sopwith Way, Queenstown Road,
London SW8 4NS
Tel 020 7720 2600 Fax 020 7501 4885
Contact: Lee-Anna Childs, Marketing Co-ordinator
Email: anna-childs@berkeleygroup.co.uk
Website: www.berkeleygroup.co.uk
Architects: SCOTT BROWNRIGG
Tower House, 10 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA
Tel 020 7240 7766 Fax 020 7240 2454
Contact: Richard McCarthy, Associate
Email: r.mccarthy@sbtlondon.com
Website: www.sbtlondon.com
Landscape Architects: FREDERICK GIBBERD PARTNERSHIP
117-121 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AD
Tel 020 7739 3400 Fax 020 7739 8948
Contact: David Comben, Director
Email: d.comben@gibberd.com
Website: www.gibberd.com
