From Skyscraper News:
Make Architects has designed this new curving blade-like building to stand on the south bank of the River Thames on the eastern end of London's Albert Embankment near Vauxhall.
Sited at 38-46 Albert Embankment, the proposals for OKTIS Holdings feature a lone 23 storey tower with a height of 75 metres, with the bulk of the scheme from the 3rd to 21st floors having a total of 165 apartments.
Also included in the development is 225 square metres of retail space on ground level adjacent to the Albert Embankment, and 1,679 square metres of space for either flexible offices or a gym on the first and second floors.
The building is set on a north south axis and resembles that of a fishes fin. With a concrete structure throughout it will feature aluminium panels with the windows arranged in a series of arcs that will create patterns when the light hits them.
Outside space for residents is provided in the forms of balconies that are located on the north and south edges of the building. These also help create natural solar shading for the south facing flats.
If approved by the authorities in London the scheme will represent another of what promises to be a rapidly growing cluster in that area. Other schemes nearby include St George Wharf, Vauxhall Sky Gardens and a trio of Norman Foster designed towers at Hampton House.
It's beginning to look like the much anticipated cluster for Vauxhall is finally going to emerge.
We'll see.
Things are beginning to look interesting for the area...
ReplyDeleteNot that Lambeth have bothered to publicise it in the slightest, but you may be interested to know that there's currently a public consultation on the future development of Vauxhall, and I have to say that whilst a lot of it looks like a pipe dream, there are some cracking ideas around the creation of public space and development of local shops and the such.
The consultation is running until 17th November - details are at http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/cediary/consultationDetails.aspx?ConsultationID=417
In Lambeth's inimitable style, the consultation documents themselves are not actually available from the consultation page (!) but can be found at http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/HousingPlanning/Planning/PlanningPolicy/Supplementaryplanningdocuments(spds).htm
Hello,
ReplyDeleteAppreciate this is not really on topic, but wasn't sure how else to contact you. I have a set up a new site for Stockwell's 3 councillors - www.standupforstockwell.com with news and informatio etc.
Would you consider putting a link on your blog and I will do the same. Also let me know if there are stories you want publicising.
thanks
Alex Bigham
Stockwell Action Team Member
Update: Lambeth have rejected this project.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1892
Apparently:
The council's light experts had assessed the proposals and found that some bedrooms and kitchens in the nearby Peninsula Heights, home of the rich such as Jeffery Archer, would lose all of their sunlight and have their daylight halved.