One Blackfriars
One Blackfriars is a skyscraper in London located at No. 1 Blackfriars Road in Bankside. It has 52 floors and 274 apartments, a hotel and retail shops.[1] The building is 170 metres (560 ft) tall. It is also known as The Vase or The Boomerang due to its shape.[2][3]
Design
[change | change source]The shape was inspired by the shape of glass vase Lansetti designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1952.[4]
Construction
[change | change source]Construction of the tower started in 2013. It includes 13 studio houses, 78 one bedroom houses, 120 two bedroom houses, 56 three bedroom houses, 6 four bedroom houses and 1 three apartment house. The tower was finished in 2019.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "One Blackfriars | New Apartments in Southwark | St George". Berkeley Group. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ White, Anna (2016-11-19). "One Blackfriars: an exclusive look inside the Vase, London's newest skyscraper". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ "The Boomerang, London's Newest Oddly Named Skyscraper, Rising High". Londonist. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ "Lansetti II". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ "One Blackfriars - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2020-12-27.