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5th August 2021Eric Reynolds of Urban Space Management talks to Peter Murray of NLA about his approach to regeneration and the delays inherent in large scale master planning. More
Eric Reynolds of Urban Space Management talks to Peter Murray of NLA about his approach to regeneration and the delays inherent in large scale master planning. More
The damage that we do to ourselves and the environment by continuing on the throw away, everything is disposable track, whether cheap, one wear fashion or needlessly demolishing existing buildings is at last coming into focus. More
Urban Space Management (Container City™) installed new studios on the rooftop of the Main Stores building at Trinity Buoy Wharf. More
A new eco-friendly market in Camden built out of 88 recycled shipping containers opened today. Designed by architect Eric Reynolds, one of the original pioneers of Camden Market in the 1970s, the entire 26,000 sq ft three-storey Buck Street Market claims to be zero-plastic. More
The project is part of Lendlease’s £1.5bn Smithfield regeneration project which aims to be a “new destination in the heart of the city centre” with cultural and leisure attractions as well as a retail and housing. More
Urban Space Holdings Group is looking to recruit a bookkeeper to join the finance team. The group operates in a variety of industries including property management, events, construction and boat building. More
A new shipping-container market is set to open in Camden Town, revamping the market-stall site on Buck Street. More
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Our Container City™ team has been commissioned to design and build a new shipping container scheme for Buck Street (Camden Market), located next to Camden Town Underground station. More
“Drawing lies at the heart of all industry. It is about doctors, cartographers and the workmen who paint lines onto our roads; it is not just about art schools and Rembrandt.” Stephen Farthing RA, speaking at the launch of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019 More
"We went this evening to see a film about Trinity Buoy Wharf which I strongly recommend if and when it is shown more widely." More
Retail industry experts have called for a community-focused approach to tackling the challenges facing High Streets and Town Centres. More
Work to build a new development of studios and workshops for Wycombe’s artist community has begun this week. DesBox, a complex of 57 units, is being built in Baker Street as part of Wycombe District Council’s Desborough Area Renewal initiative. More
New redevelopment scheme for Buck Street (Camden Market) is set to be unveiled on Thursday 7th of June 2018. The plans include retaining a market on the site that is in keeping with the character of the local area More
Designed by Urban Space Management Ltd and engineered by Furness Partnership, new Trinity Buoy Wharf Pier was installed on 14th of May 2018. More
London’s best adventure playground for grown ups, Roof East, has had a makeover for 2018 to celebrate 250 years of the first modern circus. Sunsets, Olympic Park views, a round of golf, a swing and a hit, a hip-hop bowl and some street food to gorge on- what could be better? More
On March 28, the team behind NYC's trendiests pop-ups and holiday markets opened a permanent food hall inside the General Electric Building at 570 Lexington. More
Roof East rooftop venue returns for winter with better than ever Sliders Curling, Igloo dining experience and throwback neon Ski Lodge Bar from 2nd of November 2017 The summer of 2017 saw the venue go for gold once again; Roof East played host to some of the best bowling, batting, golfing and roller skating London has ever seen. More
Roundhouse Administration Building by Container City™ has been shortlisted for RICS Award 2017 in "Design and Innovation" category. The winners will be announced on 24th of May 2017. More
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Urban Space Management recently found a new operator for Rathbone Market in Canning Town. With a tight timetable USM contacted a range of market operators to discuss this role. Tudor Markets came out as the best fit and took over the market on the 1st October 2016 with aims to increase stall holder numbers and improve footfall through the market. More
Roundhouse Administration building by Urban Space Management (Container City) Ltd won the Best Office Building award at the New London Awards 2016. More
Ballymore seeks permission to build 804 new apartments very close to Trinity Buoy Wharf and some elements of the proposed residential development give cause for concern. In particular the 3 tall blocks of flats that would loom over the low buildings at Trinity Buoy Wharf. At the closest point the new blocks are only 8 feet away from artists’ workshops. More
Roundhouse Administration building by Urban Space Management (Container City) Ltd won the Best New Place to Work award at the London Planning Awards 2016. More
English Cities Fund (ECf), the developer behind the Rathbone Market redevelopment scheme in Canning Town, London, has recently announced that local economic development charity, Community Links, has been selected as their preferred partner to operate Rathbone Market, as part of its redevelopment plans for the market. More
"I've been working with Urban Space Management for 20 years, collaborating on all kinds of regeneration initiatives. We worked on Camden Lock Market, created Merton Abbey Mills in Wimbledon and designed Gabriel’s’ Wharf in what was then a very quiet South Bank." More
Recycled from the 2012 Olympic Broadcasting Studios at Stratford Olympic Park, Clipper House is the latest Urban Space Management (Container City) development at Trinity Buoy Wharf. Still under construction, the building will provide a number of additional art studios and work spaces with spectacular views over the River Thames. More
By Liz Robbins By the lunch rush on Monday, the sun had maneuvered around the Midtown towers, warming a bustling three-block slice of Broadway, from 41st Street to 39th. In the pedestrian plaza, Roberta’s mobile wood-burning pizza oven was firing its sopressata-topped pies, for which the line seemed to stretch back to the restaurant’s Brooklyn home. Read article
The Communities Secretary has rejected John McAslan & Partners’ £160 million proposal to fill Smithfield Market in London with shops and offices and accused the buildings’ owners – City Corporation of ‘deliberate neglect’ leading to their deteriating condition. More
By Elizabeth Hopkirk. Move comes as inquiry into John McAslan plan opens Conservationists trying to stop the redevelopment of Smithfield Market have put in an audacious application to have the buildings listed. The request by the Victorian Society and Save Britain’s Heritage was made less than 24 hours before today’s public inquiry was due to open. Read article
The Public Inquiry will last until February 28th 2014. Please see here for detailed schedule - Public support welcomed. More
By Oliver Wainwright. February 7th 2014. Save Britain's Heritage calls McAslan plan for office and shops 'worst mutilation of a major Victorian building in 30 years' Read article
Urban Space Management alongside The Victorian Society and Save Britain’s Heritage have submitted a full planning application for Smithfield Market in an unprecedented bid to pre-empt a planning inquiry. Read article
Hear the Markets story whilst helping to support the bid to preserve a piece of London's heritage - 5pm to 7pm More
Along with four others, Urban Space Management's Founding Director Eric Reynolds has been appointed by David Cameron to sit on the board of trustees for a four year term from 12th September 2013. More
Secretary of State Eric Pickles has decided to call in the application from Hendersons Global Investors, granted planning permission by the City of London corporation on 16th July. More
As London’s leading market entrepreneurs, Urban Space Management, have today submitted an offer to the City Corporation to enter into a 90-year lease on Smithfield General Market, on the basis of a viable business model that will bring the buildings back into use with no demolition. More
In 2007 / 2008, Urban Space Management Founder Eric Reynolds acted as a Key Expert Witness in the enquiry to save Smithfield Meat Market from Demolition. 5 Years on and the buildings are under threat again - please help us to Save Britains Heritage. Hanging in the balance is one of the grandest processions of market buildings in Europe. Directly under threat are the Smithfield General Market buildings, which comprise of three blocks . They are key buildings in the Smithfield Conservation Area and should be listed. They form part of an enclave of historic buildings unlike any other in the City, retaining a powerful historic and architectural sense of place. More
Now that container Caboose's have been fitted with their insulated covers and have been tested out on the ice, our job is done so its time for Eric Reynolds to head back to Cape Town on the SA Agulhas. More
After weeks in rough seas, The Coldest Journey team have finally reached what will be Base Camp at Crown Bay. Passing by huge icebergs and a colony of penguins there was no mistaking their new home in Antarctica. More
As the set is brought in, sweet operatic tones can be heard around the Wharf as the cast rehearse for their forthcoming shows. Even on a snowy Monday morning, the buzz is tangible as Silent Opera prepare to bring audiences closer to the action than ever before. More
The Independent’s Jessica Duchen talks to to Silent Opera about their forthcoming shows at Trinity Buoy Wharf. “We’re in uncharted territory, staring at a crystal ball. This glass globe adorns a table at Trinity Buoy Wharf – the Docklands river peninsula devoted to the arts and creative industries where anything can happen and often does. But am I really looking into the future of opera?…” Read article
Leaving Table Mountain behind Eric Reynolds, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and The Coldest Journey team start their journey to Antarctica on the SA Agulhas. More
Urban Space Management Founder Eric Reynolds scooped the award for Lifetime Achievement at Friday's presentation of the Regeneration & Renewal Awards, endorsed by the Homes & Communities Agency. More
Urban Space Management (CONTAINER CITY™) Ltd is proud to support Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ lasted expedition – ‘The Coldest Journey’. Departing from London on 6th December 2012, ‘The Coldest Journey’ is the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic continent during the polar winter More
Everyone knows what shipping containers are for. Transporting computers, television sets, cheap toys and a million other kinds of goods from one side of the world to the other. Read article
Do not reach for the skies as this cable car is in East London and it is high summer. I am looking out of our office window at the cabins moving along and it is really wonderful to see something so completely new and exciting in London. More
In times when the British public are constantly living in fear of the effects of recession, a community in east London has come up with a unique idea of converting shipping containers into liveable homes. Read article
If you're looking for London's liveliest urban village, it's hard to beat the streets around Smithfield Market, full of cafés, bars, pubs, pie shops and sushi bars. It's come to life, like Covent Garden before it, through natural regeneration. Read article