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ALUMNO DEVELOPMENTS: ASPIRE POINT Best Tall Building Client
Aspire Point is the transformation of a derelict petrol station into a high quality, purpose-built student housing complex. The 26-storey tower contains 445 student rooms, for Queen Mary University of London. The podium fills the site area, providing space for complementary uses with wider community benefits; two floors containing 22 artists’ studios, for Space Studios. The quality of the student living environment was a key concern, and a focus during design was to create a building with abundant amenities and social facilities.
CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS: ONE BANK STREET Best Tall Building Client
One Bank Street is a new commercial development at Canary Wharf. The building comprises 28 floors above ground and three basement levels and stands 145m above ground with the lowest basement level is 16m below ground. The building provides 60,400m2 net Grade A office space. Three trading floors at the base provide a floor plate of over 4000m2 each, with enhanced floor-ceiling height and high flexibility of use. Throughout the design, the team have offered innovative ideas which continue to drive efficiency.
GREYSTAR & HENDERSON PARK: 101 GEORGE STREET Best Tall Building Client
Developed by Tide Construction, this landmark development was delivered in record timescales using the best of modern methods of construction. Reaching heights of 136m – equivalent to the London Eye – 101 George Street’s 44 and 38 storey tower is the tallest modular building in the world. Thanks to the efficiencies of modular, this scheme will be delivered in just 26 months. These factory-built homes were manufactured by Vision Modular Systems; Tide’s modular company, in a clean, safe, temperature-controlled environment, and craned into place onsite.
POCKET LIVING: MAPLETON CRESCENT Best Tall Building Client
Mapleton Crescent in Wandsworth town centre is a distinctive residential tower clad in beautiful turquoise terracotta inspired by the adjacent River Wandle. The 27-floor, slender building demonstrates tall buildings can support community and sets a precedent for delivery of high-quality modular affordable housing on constrained sites at speed. It has a variety of shared lounges and roof gardens. Two thirds of its 89 homes are dual-aspect and 53 (60%) are for local first-time buyers.
ROCKET PROPERTIES: THE ATLAS BUILDING Best Tall Building Client
The 40-storey Atlas Building sits on a prominent site on City Road, London, above London Underground and Thameslink lines. The tower delivers 302 apartments with leisure and spa facilities and basement parking. An adjacent 10-storey commercial building is occupied by WeWork. Over 35% of the footprint is 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.
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