Architects:Design Delivery Unit, Make Architects

Area :12291 m²

Year :2019

Manufacturers :  Otis, Cheshire Wellness, Deba, Ergonorm, Focchi, RainsfordOtis

Lead Architect :Neal Morgan-Collins

Structural Engineer :WSP

Landscape :Barton Willmore

Services Engineer :CBDSP

Project Manager :Arcadis

Concept Design : Make Architects

Executive Architect : Design Delivery Unit

Design Delivery Unit Team (Tower) : Matt Parslow, Richard McCarthy, Ralph Isitt, Ron Russell, Nicola Lombardi, Nyasa Beale, Ana Salazar Sala, Olesya Nalivayko, Olga Mikhaleva, Emily Seden-Fowler, Fatima Salman, Sheila Vekaria, Stacey Peston

Design Delivery Unit Team (Commercial Building) : Nick Ridout, Maurice Brooks, Neusa Fernandes, Ralph Isitt, Katriona Pillay, Stephanie Ete, Carlos Ochanda Seva, Ron Russell

Make Architects Team : Vicky Brown, Matt Seabrook, William Yam, Ken Shuttleworth

Clients : Rocket Properties

Cost Consultant : Arcadis

Main Constructor : Mace

Façade Consultant : Meinhardt

Façade Consultant : Meinhardt

City : London

Country : United Kingdom

The buildings sit above London Underground and Thameslink lines. The tower delivers 302 apartments with leisure and spa facilities and basement parking. Whilst the commercial building is occupied by WeWork and provides access to three roof terraces, with external green walls. Over 35% of the footprint is a new public realm; with a landscaped piazza of shops and cafés created between the two buildings, providing a new pedestrian link between City Road and East Road.

The architecture clearly responds to the building’s urban context and maximises the potential of the site and location. A series of 12 vertical blades articulate the elevations and work together to compose the tower’s striking façade. Contrasting elevations have been created with more solid anodised aluminium façades with punched windows to the east and west contrasting with the predominantly glazed elements of the north and south elevations which capture the views and maximise natural light.