Ray Hall Ltd

Sir John Aislabie used its materials to build a splendid house with stables and landscaped setting that included a lake.

Facing south toward the road and west toward the adjacent River Ravensbourne, the new building consists of five sections that can be built in sequence as funding permits. Each comprises an extendable central space that can be sub-divided for flexibility.

In 1851 a vision was born when Sir Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace was opened in Hyde Park: London could host the world through a Great Exhibition of Commerce and Industry.

At its heart is the fact that South East London comprises villages and towns here people dwell in hills, valleys and rivers: two of which converge in Lewisham town centre: a distinctive that he has highlighted with drama and commercial and social effect.

Conceived using a Thames maritime theme, 'Making Waves' - as the project is called - would use solar and ground source technology for its energy generation and would be an exemplar in sustainability.

At its heart is an Anglican church called St Mary's. Located on the edge of Greenhithe, its building is geographically central in Ebbsfleet, highly conspicuous and is able to be a resource and an icon of identity par excellence.

London as 'the City at the Centre of Time' was conceived by Raymond Hall to enable her unprecedented international community become a focus of a network that could become a major resource for good in our world.