2024-05-02T10:11:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/138420803/southwark-planners-nix-crude-and-literal-rocket-shaped-flats Julia Ingalls 2015-10-08T04:00:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9d/9dzkvozmas5gku5f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Planners have panned a rocket-shaped tower proposed for a site in Southwark by Russian practice Studio 44, saying it would be a &lsquo;wilfully insensitive insertion on the skyline&rsquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/119272711/h-l-ne-binet-studio-44-and-carlo-aiello-are-among-this-week-s-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio 44</a>'s Russian-investment-backed apartment scheme, which was based on Yuri Gagarin's 1961 space flight, has been scathingly rejected by <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/77268/showcase-southwark-lido-a-temporary-public-bath-in-the-heart-of-london" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Southwark</a> planners. The developer and designers behind the proposed 30-flat development (which made no provisions for affordable housing, despite having enough units to do so) apparently did not heed the warnings of planners during the 2011 pre-application submission, when planners indicated that the design likely wouldn't fly.&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/td/td3y42ndez4iuqeb.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/sw/sw2haqkfe5pw8k5j.jpg"></p><p><em>Images via <a href="http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/council-set-to-refuse-alien-rocket-shaped-flats/8689876.article" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">architectsjournal.co.uk</a>.</em></p>