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
The shape was inspired by the shape of glass vase Lansetti designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1952.[4]
Construction
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]
One Blackfriars Media
One Blackfriars under construction in April 2017
One Blackfriars in London, England, United Kingdom
One Blackfriars viewed from The Shard, London Bridge
View looking south from Blackfriars Station
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References
- ↑ "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" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy/one-blackfriars-an-exclusive-look-inside-the-vase-londons-newest/. 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.