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One The Elephant

Coordinates: 51°29′37″N 0°06′05″W / 51.4936°N 0.1013°W / 51.4936; -0.1013
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One The Elephant
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General information
StatusCompleted
LocationElephant & Castle, London, England
Completed2016
ClientLendlease
Height
Roof124 m (407 ft)
Technical details
Floor count37
Design and construction
Architect(s)Squire & Partners
Structural engineerRobert Bird Group
Main contractorLendlease
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.

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

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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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References

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  1. ^ "One The Elephant: Lendlease aims to cash in on Hyde Park effect", London SE1
  2. ^ "Mayor Boris Johnson starts One The Elephant construction". London SE1.
  3. ^ "Developer rakes in 'Over £70m' profits from Elephant & Castle Tower With Zero Affordable Housing", Southwark News
  4. ^ "One The Elephant, time-lapse film - June 2016", Lendlease
  5. ^ "New homes now available at One The Elephant". elephantandcastle.org. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Elephant & Castle gets a lick of paint". City AM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ "The truth about poor doors". The Developer.
  8. ^ "One The Elephant". 35% Campaign.
  9. ^ "One The Elephant luxury flats meet full cost of Castle Centre", London SE1
  10. ^ "Region: UK International Property Awards", International Property Awards

51°29′37″N 0°06′05″W / 51.4936°N 0.1013°W / 51.4936; -0.1013