Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in East London. [1] It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the celebrated architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88. [2] [3]
The building has a concrete frame with details inspired by riverside industry and nautical themes. It has 168 residential units. [4]
Overlooking River Thames, Cascades Tower is on 4 Westferry Road, Canary Wharf, E14 8JL. It stands on land just south of the old western entrance to South Dock of the original West India Docks. [5]
The total height of the building structure is 194 feet (59 m). Cascade Tower was the first private high-rise housing development undertaken by The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to regenerate the depressed east London Docklands area. [6] It was completed at a time “when high rise was still a discredited building form for residential purposes, and two or three storeys was the norm”. [7] [8] The building is an exemplary architecture project of British Post-Modernism style. [9]
Cascades was the Winner of Architectural Brickwork Award in 1989, [10] and Grade II listed building in 2018. [11] [12]
Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in East London. [1] It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the celebrated architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88. [2] [3]
The building has a concrete frame with details inspired by riverside industry and nautical themes. It has 168 residential units. [4]
Overlooking River Thames, Cascades Tower is on 4 Westferry Road, Canary Wharf, E14 8JL. It stands on land just south of the old western entrance to South Dock of the original West India Docks. [5]
The total height of the building structure is 194 feet (59 m). Cascade Tower was the first private high-rise housing development undertaken by The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to regenerate the depressed east London Docklands area. [6] It was completed at a time “when high rise was still a discredited building form for residential purposes, and two or three storeys was the norm”. [7] [8] The building is an exemplary architecture project of British Post-Modernism style. [9]
Cascades was the Winner of Architectural Brickwork Award in 1989, [10] and Grade II listed building in 2018. [11] [12]