Strata is a new residential tower for the Elephant and Castle area in Southwark, Central London. This area will be seeing a massive tranformation over the coming years, here are some renders:-

http://tinypic.com/i3tphz.jpg

http://tinypic.com/i3tpjl.jpg

http://images.primelocation.com/SAGR/images/SABBN161043.JPG

http://i19.tinypic.com/3585f2w.jpg

Here's the site currently (posted by wjfox in the UK forums)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/London_general/060322_castlehouse.jpg

Best midrise proposal in London imo.

For those who aren't sure of the location, click here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13872971&postcount=16) and then look for "Castle House" which is its other name.

Its not midrise, Its only 3 meters of being a skyscraper :P

Very nice tower, cracking design. Loving the integrated wind turbines.

awesome....:master: :master:

This tower has balls.

London's famous for it's buildings shapes, but they are all very tasteful. This one's been nicknamed the razor or giant razor, 122 Leadenhall the cheese grater, Beetham Tower the boomerang, 30 St Mary's Axe the gherkin, bishopsgate tower/pinnacle the helter skelter, 20 Fenchurch Street the walkie talkie and the Shard, commonly known as London Bridge Tower.

Best midrise proposal in London imo.

Its not midrise. Its only 3 meters of being a skyscraper :PLOL Only 3m from being a skyscraper? Where does it say 150m qualifies a scraper to be one?...and I agree - a mid-riser is from 50-60m or thereabouts, not 147m.

BTW The renders look fantastic! :okay:

Most people agree on 150m as the lower limit for a skyscraper -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=495066

Im likin this one a lot

Most people agree on 150m as the lower limit for a skyscraper -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=495066Oh well, it's all relative. Where I reside, 147m is *not* a mid-riser & our tallest stucture in the Sydney CBD is 306m.

BTW Is this beautiful "mid-riser" :lol: going to be an apartment scraper, offices or mixed-use?

Most people agree on 150m as the lower limit for a skyscraper -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=495066

Well then perhaps the correct term in high-rise. Because calling it a mid-rise is plain stupid.

It's simply a way of classifying the height range. Compared to the likes of LBT, Bishopsgate, Heron, etc. this tower is pretty average. 150m serves as a good cut-off point between mid-range towers and proper 'skyscrapers'. Once you get above that height, buildings really start to soar.

Amazing tower! So futuristic!

I can watch this rise from my office... I'm just over the road :cool:

Beautiful.

With respect to the height issue, isn't the fabulous new Willis Tower about 150m as well? For that matter, most of London's new current "skyscrapers" aren't tall. For example, Swiss Re and the Walkie Talkie are all 600 feet or less. They're awesome nonetheless.

This Building Looks Wicked Man!!!

BTW Is this beautiful "mid-riser" :lol: going to be an apartment scraper, offices or mixed-use?^^ :? What is it going to be?

It's simply a way of classifying the height range. Compared to the likes of LBT, Bishopsgate, Heron, etc. this tower is pretty average. 150m serves as a good cut-off point between mid-range towers and proper 'skyscrapers'. Once you get above that height, buildings really start to soar.

Personally I think 0-50 Low Rise. 50-90 Mid Rise. 90-150 High Rise. 150-300 Skyscraper 300+ Supertall.

Definitely not a mid rise.

^^ :? What is it going to be?

A mixture of luxury apartments, affordable housing, and retail at ground level.

I love this tower, it looks so sinister.

how can a tower look sinister?

^ Er... why can't a tower look sinister?

I love this tower, it looks so sinister.

I know what you mean... its almost like a star trek spaceship!

This pic shows it's sinister look lol

http://images.primelocation.com/SAGR/images/SABBN161043.JPG

btw loving this tower, when is it supposed to be completed again?(cant remember)

Amazing tower! love the wind turbines, another great tower to london!

Whoa, futuristic. Looks like a really good tower, I hope they build it.

Construction has started: piling work is underway.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata1.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata2.jpg

Jaw has just dropped!

U/C hmm? Maybe I have a pic of it.. I'm not sure. I will make a thread for my pics. in cityscapes and I will find it out sometime. But there were a lot of cranes in the area so.. Nice new render.

how can a tower look sinister?

:lol: http://www.pitodoble.com/imagenes/barad-dur.jpg:lol:

I made a video of the area, including the site of this tower and another nearby -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHc4gaFRJLw

What's the power output of those turbines?

another awesome tower for london

Typically, turbines in the roof look stupid, but this tower does it well. :)

how can a tower look sinister?
Three-eyed devil:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4958/strata1vq1.jpg

The turbines are incredible; I wonder what percentage of the building's power will be supplied by them?

Two more renders:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata10.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata9.jpg

hamiltons-london.com (http://www.hamiltons-london.com/projects/project-67/)

Only problem with this tower is its location....one of the most drab and depressing areas of South London....a 60's concrete wasteland.

Its now in the process of being regenerated with new towers like this, but its gonna be 5-10 years before thats complete.

WOW. I love it, defiantly my favorite London project right now! I'm speechless, its incredible

The turbines are incredible; I wonder what percentage of the building's power will be supplied by them?

Not a lot. ~15% IIRC.

I love this design

:lol: http://www.pitodoble.com/imagenes/barad-dur.jpg:lol:

lol, yeah ok

gorgeous :drool:

never seen that project before, looks really beautiful :)

From the UK forums:

The core is now rising above ground level. :banana:

Hopefully we will have some pics/vids soon!:)

This tower has balls.

And turbines too..:bow:

- Andy

I love this tower, it looks so sinister.

I'm not usually a fan of the sinsiter elements but I LOVE THIS! Halliburton, Fox News, Dow Chemical, and the New World Order would be right at home in this tower of terror, but I sure wouldn't mind joining them. Huzzah!

...one of the strangest designs l' ve ever seen :nuts:

http://i29.tinypic.com/2wlqy6e.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/wbx7o3.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/4to7cz.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/apg2uh.jpg

I love it, it looks seriously sinister, will the blades turning and humming not be heard from the penthouse's at the top?

TBH, I actually never thought this would see construction. Boy was I wrong.

Yes the core has risen fast over the past few weeks and the rest of the groundworks have moved on as well;

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/london/LNDN211.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/london/LNDN217.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/london/LNDN214.jpg

Thanks to fitz for the pictures. These were taken over a week ago. According to wjfox, the core is up another floor now.

An update from SE9, posted on June 9th.

Castle House today:

http://i29.tinypic.com/s0xwxu.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/2m46h5z.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/5celhc.jpg

And an update from yesterday:

They've started work on the superstructure now. Steel frame is going up around the ground floor.

Woohoo!:)

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata1.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata10.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata9.jpg

I want two or three of this kind in my city. Perfect tower!

Weird but cute tower. I like it!

Where is this one?

Elephant and Castle south of the river. This could help give an idea:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/Strata2.jpg

You can see the Barbican, St. Pauls and the Tate in the distance.

Aaaah! Something South of the river for once!

Cheers amigo!

Wind turbines in sky scrapers is something that is way overdue

Not a lot. ~15% IIRC.

actually that is a good percentage, i love this project, i wish i could see houndreds of projects like this.

http://www.squish.net/misc/strata-2008-07-23.png

Wow, I had no idea this one was so far along. Looking good.

[QUOTE=wjfox;22995522]

^^

Star Wars is coming, nice job!

[QUOTE=wjfox;22995522]

^^

Star Wars is coming, nice job!

Certainly is, we've agreed in the UK forum that this IS Darth Vaders new Penthouse...:)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/TheOriginalCooper/BuildingPics160708022.jpg

They were pouring the concrete for the 10th floor today. Here's a pic by SELondoner:


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa164/SELondoner/08london/Swk009.jpg

Pretty fast construction progress. For a tower being build in London ;)

This is one beautiful tower. All it needs is a giant can of shaving cream put next to it (just kidding).

This is going to be one of the most sinister looking towers in the world. Not bad at all considering the part of London it is being built in, you wouldn't expect something this good.

Can´t wait to see it finished! Its a great tower and for the first time those eolic fans look good in a skyscraper

A quick video I made:

http://www.willfox.com/videos/skyscrapers/strata030908.wmv

Pretty fast construction progress. For a tower being build in London ;)

our projects my take some time to get off the ground, but theres no reason for this to slow down the construction process.

What area is this being built in again, was it the Elephant.

If so that area is rough, and for a tower like this to be built there, is just mind blowing.

Its a great design, and one of my favourite projects going on in the UK at the moment!

about half height now
will get a pic at xmas when i'm in town

^^ Great news, Can't wait until your updates :)

Go to the london part of the forum. There is a update every week orso for this tower.

From lyonsdown


http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo122/Lyonsdown/PC090602-1.jpg




From chest


http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/sun4.JPG


http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/view18.JPG

really nice tower.. i liked the top

December 30th:

Cladding update; as Wellenflug mentioned the cladding has extended around the East side of the tower now and one panel has had the film removed. Very white indeed.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/291208114.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/291208119.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/291208120.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/291208124.jpg

3rd January:

Taken next to the Walbrook site

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc360/londonfire/Picture134_043.jpg

6th January:

As promised, Strata updates. All taken earlier today:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1d.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1e.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/ai.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1g.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1f.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1h-1.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1a-1.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1b.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/1c.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/SE9/aj.jpg

fantastic http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=289065

..

Some pictures of Strata taken yesterday by myself and Chest:


Some shots from earlier today.


The Front

http://i44.tinypic.com/ztvujr.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/dddvo4.jpg



The Back

http://i43.tinypic.com/34s2qvs.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2m516rt.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/zxo9b9.jpg



Cladding Close-up

http://i44.tinypic.com/20rpypx.jpg



Distant Shot
From Walworth Road, near the junction with Westmoreland Road (Aylesbury Estate area), looking north.

http://i42.tinypic.com/nfnrrd.jpg


went down there myself today - for the first time - it looks fatastic - a load of pics

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata1.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata2.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata3.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata4.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata6.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata12.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata6a.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata10.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata5.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/strata8.JPG

There can't be much more to go?

Wow GREAT FOR LONDON! Futuristic design.

:banana2: :banana2: :banana2:


NB: The tower is little to wide according to its height. The tower must be a bit higher +/-200m.

Are those things at the top of the building electricity generators? If so that's so Eco-friendly...

Cool glass ...

Update from Ciudad Bristol:

Today, cladding looking awesome..

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/DSC01974.jpg

She's standing tall and proud now, a real beacon in a real sh*tty area.

^^^^ I love the cladding!

Great clad! Even on such a 'small' project, London once again show off with a terrific design and a wonderful quality for the outside elements.

I'm still wondering why they build a luxury residential tower in the middle of this poor area, surrounded by ugly grey buildings. Really hope that they'll get rid of these old blocks next to it.

Strata is great though....

I'm still wondering why they build a luxury residential tower in the middle of this poor area, surrounded by ugly grey buildings. Really hope that they'll get rid of these old blocks next to it.

Strata is great though....

Because this is the first of 2 or 3 towers in the 120-150m range and part of a much larger £1.5 Billion regeneration of that part of London...

You've got to start somewhere right?....and Strata is that somewhere.

5 Years from now the area will look a whole lot better....(Hopefully).

how much is it to rent an apartment there?

2-room flat... I'd say £400/week ish...
Am I wrong?

I would love an apartment on the top floor. Maybe I will be able to grab myself a bargain in this current economic crisis...*wishful thinking*

I wouldn't mind living there, but then I'd be living in a great high-rise...in the middle of a dilapidated dumping ground.
I'd much rather go for the Landmark...or maybe even the Shard. ;)

Looks great :)

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/1.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/2.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/3.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/4.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/5.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/6.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/strata210309/7.jpg

A video I made of the area -

http://www.willfox.com/videos/skyscrapers/elephantandcastle2.wmv

(it's about 30mb)

Edit: You can view this on YouTube as well - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Md4hUUAcgY

Taken about an hour ago -



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/1.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/2.jpg

Its amazing that such a high spec luxury development could be built in Elephant and Castle. In some cases I am wary of developer led regeneration and the following gentrification that can kill off an area's charms but with E&C well it couldn't really be much worse and this type of development could be a godsend for the locals as well as London as a whole.

Latest updates:

from up close from two days ago

http://i43.tinypic.com/919nx2.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/28s7vx1.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/30axspk.jpg

one from up high from the 7th of march

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/strata%20in%20elephant%20and%20castle%20viewed%20from%20the%20landmark%20in%20docklands.jpg

^^great view.

May 5th
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant55.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant4.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant2.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant66.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant8.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant77.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant3.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant9.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Pictures/elephant10.JPG

Awesome pics chest! I absolutely love this tower, wish it stood in my city ;)

That's wonderful! It's only 147m and it looks so tall

Beautiful tower.....nice design.....looks modern.

Is this just me or I see some severe yet very welcome 'Lord of the Rings' influence here?
Can't remember the name of the big 'eye-tower'... You know!

the building newt to it.... is in terrible conditions!!!!

Is this just me or I see some severe yet very welcome 'Lord of the Rings' influence here?
Can't remember the name of the big 'eye-tower'... You know!

Yeah it was pointed out in the London forums earlier :D

I've finally worked out what the top of the Strata reminds me of...

http://archinspire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/windturbinesbuildings2-500x276.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/Matte/ROTK/images/555p5_6_MP_4k_v01.jpg

Wow, all of a sudden I realize Mordor was inspired by London, check the similarities!^^

well Lord Of The Rings was written by an Englishman:lol::lol:

This is the MOST exciting design I've seen in years.

It Will be an unreal sight to all the people coming out of the Ministry Of Sound! :cheers:

the building newt to it.... is in terrible conditions!!!!

the whole area is run down and a horrible example of failed planning from the 1960's - Strata is one of the first developments in a big plan to modernize and rejuvinate what is a poor and deprived area of London - if you can imagine the rejuvination of Chinese cities - this is pretty similar where a gleeming, futuristic tower rises and hopefully other improvements will follow.

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/1elephant.JPG

Originally Posted by Nihil Dicit View Post
I've finally worked out what the top of the Strata reminds me of...


:lol: http://www.pitodoble.com/imagenes/barad-dur.jpg:lol:


I made a reference earlier in this thread:)

From a TV advert (taken by Ciudad Bristol) :


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/DSC02056.jpg

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/4.jpg





http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/3.jpg

This tower is going to look great when finished. I really like this midrise towers with style. :okay:

congratulations, london :applause:now you have 3 buildings taller than the ferris wheel..

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/2.jpg[/QUOTE]

congratulations, london :applause:now you have 3 buildings taller than the ferris wheel..

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/2.jpg[/QUOTE]

You could always try looking in the other direction.
Do you know London at all?

Taken on Wednesday:
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1140.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1175.jpg
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/uhaa/037/img_1176.jpg

You could always try looking in the other direction.
Do you know London at all?

:lol:

Will, just ban him.

If he doesn't like particular buildings, fine, post why and start a proper debate about it. He's just trolling about London and posting crap in London threads, for the sake of it basically.

It's topped out right? Why don't you change the title wjfox? :)

It's not topped out, there is still the wind turbines and stuff above that still to go!

Oh didn't notice that. I thought it was topped out because the cladding is also coming up nicely :)

congratulations, london :applause:now you have 3 buildings taller than the ferris wheel..


Excuse me for asking but... Is there a mod who could bother wasting 5 minutes and banning that dude, please!?

I had not idea that London was very good quality projects, the building is great

Excuse me for asking but... Is there a mod who could bother wasting 5 minutes and banning that dude, please!?

hey, i call it like i see it just like everyone else does..my comments arent directed at anyone so no one should be offended..

let's face it, for a wealthy city with a population of 10 million, london has a very wimpy skyline..the only thing london has going for it is its museums and phil collins..

let's face it, for a wealthy city with a population of 10 million, london has a very wimpy skyline

And the most powerful city on earth, Washington DC, has no skyscrapers.....

Whats your point.....theres more to a city than skyscrapers.

Lol...you Chinese think that if you build a few skyscrapers and it makes a nice photograph, your city somehow becomes 'mighty and powerful'

...it doesnt work like that.

Its the people that make a city great, not its buildings.

Maybe one day, when you leave your immature teens behind, you might just learn that.

Its quite simple really, if you don't like a skyline or a city.. just don't go on its designated threads! it really is that easy

There are hundreds of threads in here that I don't go on because I have no interest in them, that's no disrespect to the people who love them and post on them regularly and if I don't go on the threads and tell those forumers 'I think this sucks' then they're none the wiser, so if you really hate our towers and skyline - just say it once (which you have) and leave it be, because a lot of us really love our skyscrapers which, whilst currently few in number, are also some of my favourites.


Back on topic, I really can't wait to see these turbines installed, which I imagine won't be far off given most of the crown is completed.

hey, i call it like i see it just like everyone else does..my comments arent directed at anyone so no one should be offended..

let's face it, for a wealthy city with a population of 10 million, london has a very wimpy skyline..the only thing london has going for it is its museums and phil collins..

:lol: I mean :ohno:

You're a massive turd.

hey, i call it like i see it just like everyone else does..my comments arent directed at anyone so no one should be offended..

let's face it, for a wealthy city with a population of 10 million, london has a very wimpy skyline..the only thing london has going for it is its museums and phil collins..

Hey mate.
What planet are you living on? Since when did having lots of skyscrapers make a good city? I'd rather live in London than live in some smoggy,grim,concrete chinese city any day.

This building without its topping would be just correct. With this futuristic head it is just outstanding! Gotham City would be envy of it...

gee... not a very nice building really - and i seriously wonder whether the wind turbines at the top actually do much or they're just there to get through GLA and local consultation.

gee... not a very nice building really - and i seriously wonder whether the wind turbines at the top actually do much or they're just there to get through GLA and local consultation.

:lol:

And the most powerful city on earth, Washington DC, has no skyscrapers.....



London is arguably the most powerful city on Earth.

This building is stunning.

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

congratulations, london :applause:now you have 3 buildings taller than the ferris wheel..

Hmm...let's see here...

London Eye - 135m

One Canada Square - 235m
8 Canada Square - 200m
25 Canada Square - 200m
Tower 42 - 183m
30 St Mary Axe - 180m
Broadgate Tower - 164m
One Churchill Place - 156m
25 Bank Street - 153m
40 Bank Street - 153m
10 Upper Bank Street - 151m
Pan Peninsula East Tower - 147m
Strata - 147m
Guy's Tower - 143m
22 Marsh Wall East Tower - 140m

Hmm, I appear to see more than 3 buildings in that list...
Tell me, do they teach you Maths in China? Or is it more about how to survive in smog without gas masks and the correct way to eat a dog's ear?

Someone ban this bastard, please!

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

Here he goes again...

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/P1100953.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/P1100935.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/P1100938.JPG
http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/P1100950.JPG

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

The facade is smart, high quality, and looks great.

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/strata/construction/5.jpg

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

Have you ever been to London? You are demonstrating a lack of knowledge and understanding of the city which certainly suggests you haven't. In which case, you really ought to keep quiet because your comments are making you look pretty silly. London has several high rise areas, all with different character, and already has plenty of boxy, corporate-style buildings at Canary Wharf. If they built this particular style all over the city, it would be completely bland and souless, not the thriving, diverse metropolis it is, and in many peoples opinion, the greatest city on the planet.

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

Guanhzhou or whatever its called has got 2-3 standout towers only, mainly the citic plaza and some old historics no one has heard about
we have the Gherkin, canary wharf complex, bt tower and many more proposed
plus: St pauls, tower of london, parliment building, tate modern
we have building people have actually heard about
the citic plaza is youre only triumph over those tinny white boxes that litter the city
our city is world famous and attracts millions of tourists every year
strata only adds to that refinement and quality
unless you have been to london as a hard nosed architectural critic i see no reason in falsely putting down london

great facade!!! :)

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Here's the view from the top -

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If you look carefully, you can see Heron Tower between the Gherkin and Tower 42.

10 Days Ago:



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Today:



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Nice progress ! There will be turbines at the top like on the render ?

hey, i call it like i see it just like everyone else does..my comments arent directed at anyone so no one should be offended..

let's face it, for a wealthy city with a population of 10 million, london has a very wimpy skyline..the only thing london has going for it is its museums and phil collins..

first off, London has a nice skyline with interesting buildings. Second, London is in the top 3 when it comes to most powerful cities. Chinese cities build a bunch of tall buildings and then think they're all high and mighty. You've never been to london so don't even talk :ohno:

great facade!!! :)

I agree, it is really great but with the future top Strata seems me a shaver.

WOW! Incredible building! Great facade and i can't wait for the turbines - Congratulations London!

And stop waisting your time on that troll guys, he says the same things in every thread not about Chinese cities

Outstanding building!!! love the turbines and the facade;D congratulations!!!

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From this saturday.

Very awesome! :cheers:

Good news as well about its grotty looking neighbour!!!!.....

after Strata tower has been finished, a big refurbishment will then begin.

Great one for London.

someone says something bad and then 10 people say: "london is the best city", "london is the most powerful city", "london doesnt suck, your city does","your an idiot" and so on... sad! imagine that would happen in every thread when someone says "bad design!" keep your local-patriotic behavior for yourself. you dont have to defend your city like children, specialy not since its london.
im not defending the chinese dude, but your reactions are more disgusting than his bad critizism.
btw I i like the tower! ;-) and to chinese translations: not every city needs a skyline on doping :-)
(yes my english kinda sucks)

^^
I agree: say something bad about a building, skyline or city, and some will act like they were kicked squarely in the nuts, and start screaming insults or making teary-eyed pleads to mods to ban that person. Kinda pathetic if you feel personally offended if someone states an unfavorable opinion.

I don't really like this tower either, btw. Or at least the facade: it's not my cup of tea. However, if they'd build this tower in my hometown, I'd be very pleased nonetheless (it's 50 meters taller than the tallest structure in my town).

^^ it wasn't that he said that it was a bad design. he said that because London's syline isn't as large as other cities, it is therefore a wimpy city.

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Great foto!^^

the turbines are cool, but the facade on this thing is just nauseating..london needs to go with more boxy, hardcore looking buildings and not this artsy fartsy crap..

Woah slow down with your technical jargon, are you sure you are not an Architect or Civil Engineer?
Your comments are very ill-informed and i don't like it when people make comments when they have no clue what makes a great world city. You don't understand the meaning of living in a large wealthy city, if it means it has to have supertall buildings.
Chinese cities do not have over 200 languages spoken, with every nationality of the world living there, in relative harmony and prosperity. No, your cities are full of soulless anonymous apartment blocks to house workers from the Chinese countryside. So don't make utterly stupid comments in future please

Are they installing the turbines yet?

congratulations, london :applause:now you have 3 buildings taller than the ferris wheel..

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Are you retarded?

Stop feeding the troll.

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Freaky scaffolding.

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July 13th, by -AX- on flickr:

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OMG!!!!!
Amazing designe,.amazing tower,congratulations london:okay:

ohhh why was my comment deleted, i made a good point.
i was defending london even when i dont live there.....


anyway i love strata :):)

Strata yesterday:



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It's a cool building. Should be called 'Zebra Tower'. ;)

WOW

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Bonus pics of the Crystal Palace Transmitter (2nd tallest structure in London).


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Woah slow down with your technical jargon, are you sure you are not an Architect or Civil Engineer?
Your comments are very ill-informed and i don't like it when people make comments when they have no clue what makes a great world city. You don't understand the meaning of living in a large wealthy city, if it means it has to have supertall buildings.
Chinese cities do not have over 200 languages spoken, with every nationality of the world living there, in relative harmony and prosperity. No, your cities are full of soulless anonymous apartment blocks to house workers from the Chinese countryside. So don't make utterly stupid comments in future please

I'm a Londoner, London is a great city. I also think Strata is a great building (although I think the cladding looks better in the renders); nonetheless in my opinion it’s the most exciting residential building by a long shot. Having said all of that, come on guys, the dude is entitled to an opinion and ultimately that’s all it is - his opinion. No need to slate China and furthermore in 10 years time I think we will all admire what China has achieved. On the point of 3 high rises, I don’t take this comment literally but I guess to the average person on the street, London probably does have 3 -4 "noticable" high rises. Anyway I just wanted to say the guy is entitled to his opinion without being vilified for it

Very nice building indeed.:banana::banana:

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I saw this last week and it looks great so far!

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Cracking pic.

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Bloody hell with a view like that it's a shame to waste it on the turbines!!!

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From the Wellington Arch:

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My first trip up Guy's:

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This Tower is Amazing!!!!!! Wonderful execution !

great, it's a good forums

Nice design - a bit like an evil headquarter, but it seems that modern design has to look like headquarters of evil scientists. And next to the other evil headquarters in the world this is truly on of the best - but unfortunatly displaced at this location.

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i used to think that this was the eiffel tower when i was a child :lol:

this is just extra-ordinary, Londoners and UK itself can always surprise and as usual surpass by far the rest of the world when it comes to the definition of Design.

What an idea, what a wonderful idea. A building that not only is a must-see and a beautiful landmark to look at and to work/live in but also one that generates energy! clean green energy too!

just fabulous, beautiful, bravo to London again!

Hi

Has anyone on the forum bought here yet?

Russ

Three days ago, from Leathermarket SE1:

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Elephant and Castle regeneration a sustainability beacon
http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/09/03/71156/elephant-and-castle-regeneration-a-sustainability-beacon.html

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Steel sections were fabricated off site and craned in using a Leibherr 160.

A large regeneration project to construct a 43-storey tower featuring vast wind turbines at the Elephant and Castle will provide a beacon of sustainability in the London suburb. Andrea Klettner reports.

The area known as Elephant & Castle in south London is famous for two things, its two enormous roundabouts and the Ministry of Sound nightclub. But all that is about to change with a £1.5bn regeneration programme that has even attracted funding from former US President Bill Clinton in the form of the Clinton Climate Initiative.

This means the Elephant, as it is locally known, will become a worldwide beacon for regeneration solutions that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.

One of the first projects to get the go-ahead was Brookfield Development's privately funded £120m Castle House, known as Strata, together with a smaller five-storey 17m-high Pavilion building.

The 43-storey tower consists of 408 apartments, with the first 10 floors comprising affordable housing, followed by 310 apartments for private sale with penthouses sitting on top.

Crowning the building are three wind turbines, each with maximum production capacity of 15kW in optimum conditions, giving a total output of 45kW, designed to power the common areas of the building.

With such unusually large additions to the top of the tower, Brookfield project director Matthew Hewitt says the choice of steelwork contractor was central to the project's success. "Buildings of this height, with a complex roof, are not common place in London so we had to have confidence in the ability and experience of our subcontractor," he says. "The completion of the roof and turbines was our main focus as the completion of this complex roof defined the critical path for completing of the towers envelope."

Steel work tender

Following a competitive tender process, Bourne Steel was awarded the steel work to house the turbines for main contractor Brookfield.

The job, carried out at a height of 150m, included the supply and installation of 100 tonnes of steel work on a site that is bounded on two sides by busy London artery roads, an existing 21-storey residential tower and a Network Rail viaduct carrying live tracks.

The complex geometry of the frame was modelled in 3D, with electronic models transferred between the design team for comparison.

Bourne engineering technical manager Blair Thomas explains: "The elliptical openings for the wind turbines were formed from a total of 30 curved hollow section segments all of which were set out in the fabrication shop using electronic survey data to ensure accurate positioning."

But before Bourne Steel started on site, the team tested the assembly of the pieces off-site at a yard in Stalbridge, Dorset to make sure everything would go to plan in the 12-week schedule to install the steelwork.

Bourne Steel contracts manager Gyan Aryaratna says: "The assembly, which started at ASD Metal's yard in mid-June, was dismantled a month later and replicated the conditions on site. It ironed out all potential problems."

He added that the small footprint of the job, together with the site's close proximity to live Network Rail tracks, proved a challenge for the team.

"The tracks are just 3m from the edge of the site," he explains. "So prefabrication and off site assembly was key to eliminating the work required at height and to ensure the geometry was spot on."

Meanwhile, Brookfield's choice of crane on the site - a Liebherr 160 - was an important factor to the success of the whole job, including the steel work at the top.

"We needed to make sure that it was in exactly the right spot," explains Hewitt. "We needed the best

possible ground support and we needed to work in accordance with guidelines from Network Rail, who we have an asset management agreement with.

"Because we only have one tower crane we had to get the hoisting arrangements for the steel parts right. Bourne Steel had to have big enough parts to reduce the number of lifts they had to do, but they also had to be beneath the maximum tonnage for crane lift, 6.5t."

The steel work also included the supply and installation of a canopy over the BMU crane, used for cleaning the windows of the building.

Aryaratna says: "The BMU canopy consisted of a 1m-deep, 9m-long beam weighing 7.5t, which was installed using the crane provided by Brookfield. A considerable amount of preplanning was undertaken by us to ensure the installation of the beam, which was supervised by Network Rail, and the associated steelwork was installed without a hitch."

Wind turbines

The wind turbines are currently being constructed in Sweden and each has a diameter of 9m with 4.5m-long blades. Installation of the masts is due to start in November, with the building set to be completed by spring 2010.

The tower, which will be the tallest private residential building in London, is also playing an important part in the movement of residents around the Southwark Council area.

More than a fifth of the 98 homes available for affordable housing will be filled with residents from the nearby Heygate estate, which is being demolished later this year.

A spokeswoman for Southwark Council says: "It's nice that the residents from such a run down estate will be able to go and live in such a modern landmark development."

Meanwhile, housing association Family Mosaic will be responsible for filling the rest of the 78 affordable dwellings. And in the rest of the area work has also started on six of ten new housing sites.

Construction on New Kent Road and St George's Road developments began last month, while Townsend Street, Camberwell New Road and Brandon Street will have construction workers on site by the autumn.

The complex geometry of the roof

The roof at Castle House essentially cuts off the building at an angle, resulting in a geometric shape that made the steelwork a challenge to construct.

Yui Law of Hamilton Architects, who is behind the concept and design of the scheme, explains: "The sloping roof level is formed by an angled elliptical concave surface, a vertical concave surface and two vertical convex offset surfaces, with three 9m-diameter circular openings for the wind turbines."

The complex geometry of the roof at Castle House means that Bourne Steel constructed a 17m-high frame with four curves and six elliptical shaped curves made out of circular hollow steel sections. Aryaratna explains: "The curved members are joined with 66 members forming the surface to fix cladding. In addition all the out-face of the structure had hundreds of brackets welded to fix cladding."

Because of the complex geometry of the build, all 400 secondary brackets had to be unique. "Each one is a different size, pitch and angle and had to be welded to the structure in various planes to fix cladding to the elliptical shaped structure," adds Aryaratna.

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wow;
looking good.

Looks like that one in Liverpool

Very modern! Some really great buildings are being erected in London.

From Leathermarket SE1

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Update.

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by fitz44.

Beautiful photo. The contrast here is amazing

I like the cladding. :)

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by Joe CWS on flickr.

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by echothesun.

Ugly clading.

I like it

This one could have become truly iconic with an extra 100 meters. What a shame...

Its all good.

There's been a little progress on the cladding.

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by SE9.

Popping out in the skyline.

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by Noostairz.

it's like a lipstick, or a futuristic robot metal penis, ugly to me

annoying external white cladding also

it's like a lipstick, or a futuristic robot metal penis, ugly to me

annoying external white cladding also

yes mate, it's already haunting the skyline

nice. is the tower going to make elephant and castle's reputation any less dodgy?

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It´s very ugly!

wow excelente diseño me gusta mucho

Hideous evil tower. It will age very quickly.

let's take a look at some other towers nicely designed with a "folding skin" wrapped around a core:

alhamra tower:

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3670/2alhamratower.jpg

shanghai tower:

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in comparison, strata is ugly because its skin is horrendously symmetrical and repeating the sliced shape of the upper core, and then because this skin is too thightly wrapped around the core, without some air within, resulting in a very disturbing compacted "strata", worsened by a very bad looking cladding and indented vertical "cuts" without any sense at all and with wrong colors

Don't know why, but it reminds me something...

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+ a little bonus from the official page ;)

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nice. is the tower going to make elephant and castle's reputation any less dodgy?

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Hopefully it will be the real start of regeneration in the area and be a kind of beacon. I'm not sure if this alone could raise the E&C's 'cred', but we'll just have to wait and see I guess :) I can't wait to see it completed with the turbines in.

nice. is the tower going to make elephant and castle's reputation any less dodgy?

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I doubt it :D

Elephant & Castle needs a very long date with a wrecking ball before it improves; the hideous shopping centre, roundabouts and subways need to go for a start, along with half the current buildings. Sadly the visionary masterplan will probably not be realised due to lack of cash, so in the end we'll just get a couple of new towers and that's it.

It´s very ugly!

Hideous evil tower. It will age very quickly.

Are we looking at the same building? I think this is one of the best residential towers anywhere in the world.

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Wow! :shocked:
What a great tower for London!

This residential tower is excellent, one of the best in europe. Looks very modern i think the only flaw is the location.

From around South East London:

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What the devil is that cage thing? And when are the turbines due to arrive?

Those are gas-holders.

The turbines will be installed in November.

It seems things are going pretty well.. I love this tower. :okay:

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by Officer Dibble.

awesome tower !! just amazing....how much would an apartment cost ??

The Canadians who can help kick-start stalled skyscrapers
Peter Bill
06.11.09


The view from the top of the 147-metre Strata residential tower at Elephant and Castle is spectacular. Give it three months and the view of the top of 43-storey building will also be pretty spectacular.

By the end of January developer Brookfield will have hoisted into place three five-bladed fans, each nine metres in diameter, all whirling round for the world to see.

The turbines will generate enough power to light the common areas outside the 408 flats from next April. The pre-sale of the 310 private flats in the first half of 2007 at prices averaging £615 per square foot should generate a decent profit for the Canadian developer.

Providing Brookfield can get the mortgage lenders to agree that a one-bed flat in the block is worth £280,000 and a two-bedder £440,000, then the £114 million cost will be comfortably covered with a near-20% margin.

But Brookfield wants more than a decent margin. “We are looking to dominate high-rise development,” says Ashley Muldoon, a super-smart Australian, who is managing director of Brookfield Construction and also in charge of the £590 million contract to build London's tallest tower, The Pinnacle in Bishopsgate.

Brookfield wants to be more than a builder in the UK. “We are looking to buy assets and get into development,” says Muldoon. “We want to bring construction and development under one roof.” Well, he's got the backing. The 14,000-strong global business manages $80 billion (£49 billion) of property and energy assets around the globe. Last year it made a profit of $649 million on revenues close to $13 billion.

Brookfield owns a stake in Canary Wharf. But the big impact on the UK fortunes of this rather faceless group was the takeover of Australian builder Multiplex in June 2007 for A$4.2 billion (£2.3 billion).

That brought in the Strata development and a half share in the £4 billion Cricklewood development. It also brought in a bunch of highly capable Australians like Muldoon and the team building the Strata tower.

In August Brookfield said it was putting together a $4 billion fund to invest in distressed commercial property globally. Right. So, that's lots of money and good guys who can build things. Guess who is looking for that combination: RBS and Lloyds. The two banks have spent the past three months trying to persuade every solvent and respectable UK developer to take over stalled or half-built developments.

“You finish them and we'll share the profits,” is the promise. A stalled shopping centre in Yorkshire has just been sold to a consortium backed by US fund Area Partners for £100 million. How about giving the Canadians a go?

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Popping out from all directions.

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Hi Everyone,
I just the show the entire post I think the London is amazing development has been seen,Well the tower are soon its amazing long tower i had never before show it,it is amazing design, and in many peoples opinion, the greatest city on the planet.

To bad it's not realy surrounded by any other skyscrapers. Looks quite unique though :)(

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Good photos! Thnx, chest.

excellent! that construction worker looks really tiny in comparison to strata...

This one should be changed to «topped out».

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by SELondoner.

To bad it's not realy surrounded by any other skyscrapers. Looks quite unique though :)(

There's a couple of other highrises planned nearby, but not sure when they'll get built.


And great pictures guys, thanks! :)

This very modern, amazing:shocked:

There's a couple of other highrises planned nearby, but not sure when they'll get built.

Well, it's also nice to see this topping out in the area :)

24/11

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/24%2011%202009%20heron%20tower%20-%20saint%20pauls%20-%20heygate%20estate/IMG_0112%20strata%20construction.jpg

i cant wait to see those turbines in place and working.