Adelaide Wharf
London. 2007
- Project Details
- Completion: 2007
- Cost: £22 Million
- Clients: First Base Ltd
147 apartments and some offices extrude into a prototype block that is then folded to create a U-shaped court fronting onto the canal, an axial route and a park. The extrusion is cut away at ground to allow glimpses into a leafy communal courtyard. Each apartment has an outdoor room part hung part cantilevered out over the streets. The building’s facade is composed of layers of roughly sawn larch that makes reference to the warehouses of packing crates that once occupied this site.
- Awards
- Building Magazine: Housing Project of the Year 2009
- Civic Trust Award 2009
- Civic Trust Special Award for Best Housing Project 2009
- GLA London Planning Awards for Best New Place to Live 2009
- Hackney Design Award 2009
- CABE Building for Life 2008
- Housing Design Award 2008
- RIBA Award for Architecture 2008
- RIBA National Award for Architecture 2008
- World Architecture Festival: Highly Commended 2008