One The Elephant

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One The Elephant
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One The Elephant
General information
StatusCompleted
Location Elephant & Castle, London, England
Completed2016
Client Lendlease
Height
Roof124 m (407 ft)
Technical details
Floor count37
Design and construction
Architect(s) Squire & Partners
Structural engineer Robert Bird Group
Main contractor Lendlease
Website
onetheelephant.com

One The Elephant is a residential apartment development, in Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, centred around a 37-storey 124m tall tower. At the base of the tower is an adjoining four-storey L-shaped pavilion containing apartments and commercial units. The development lies immediately adjacent to the Metropolitan Tabernacle and in close proximity to Elephant & Castle tube station.

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Planning consent was granted in 2012. [1] The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, visited the site as construction began in 2013. [2] The development was completed in summer 2016. [3] [4]

The development comprises 284 studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments with 254 in the tower and 30 in the attached four-storey pavilion. [5] [6]

The building is located on the site of a council-owned leisure centre (that featured a swimming pool (closed for many years), a gym, squash courts and a sports hall). The building contains no affordable housing, with the developer Lendlease making a £3m payment in lieu towards the development of adjacent leisure facility, the Castle Centre. [7] [8] Including that payment, the sale of the land and proceeds from an overage deal, Southwark Council received £22m from the One The Elephant development which more than covered the £20m cost of the new leisure centre. [9]

Awards

One The Elephant was awarded Best Residential High-rise Architecture London at the 2016 International Property Awards. The building was also shortlisted for the Best Residential High-rise Architecture UK award. [10]

See also

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  10. "Region: UK International Property Awards", International Property Awards

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