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Bell Phillips Architects鈥� pocket park inside a listed Victorian gasholder has opened at Argent鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross development.

Gasholder Park is a circular lawn at the edge of the Regent鈥檚 Canal, with a 30m-diameter polished stainless steel canopy encircling the edge like a continuous colonnade. Arup provided structural assessment on the project.

Constructed in the 1850s, Gasholder No. 8 once formed part of the largest gas works in London and was a familiar landmark until it was decommissioned in 2000.

The fragile 25 metre-high circular guide frame was dismantled from its old location, where Pancras Square is now, in 2011. It was then refurbished by Shepley Engineers in Yorkshire, before being re-erected in 2013 next to schools and apartments in the Plimsoll 黑洞社区. Dan Pearson Studio designed new planting around the frame.

Three other historic gasholders have been dismantled and are being rebuilt next to Gasholder Park where they are being re-used as part of an apartment development designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.

Hari Phillips, partner at Bell Phillips Architects which won a design competition in 2009, said: 鈥淕asholder Park is a fantastic project which combines the industrial heritage of King鈥檚 Cross with contemporary architecture to create a unique place.

鈥淭o design a new use for such a well-known London landmark was both a daunting responsibility and an unmissable opportunity.

鈥淲e have hugely enjoyed watching Gasholder Park take shape and we hope that it will become a much-loved public space as King鈥檚 Cross continues to emerge as one of London鈥檚 most interesting new quarters.鈥�