One Park Drive skyscraper at southwest corner of Wood Wharf in London
One Park Drive is a residential skyscraper situated in the southwest corner of Wood Wharf, within the Canary Wharf development on the Isle of Dogs, London.
The building is the first residential development designed by Swiss-based architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in the United Kingdom. It is cylindrical in shape, with 57 stories comprising 484 private residential apartments and penthouses. The sub-penthouses on floor 55 were launched in September 2022, and the main duplex penthouses on floors 56-57 were launched in October 2022. As of 2023, One Park Drive is the ninth-tallest building in the United Kingdom at 205 m tall.
Credit and thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial footage.
The building is the first residential development designed by Swiss-based architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in the United Kingdom. It is cylindrical in shape, with 57 stories comprising 484 private residential apartments and penthouses. The sub-penthouses on floor 55 were launched in September 2022, and the main duplex penthouses on floors 56-57 were launched in October 2022. As of 2023, One Park Drive is the ninth-tallest building in the United Kingdom at 205 m tall.
Credit and thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial footage.
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00:001 Park Drive is a residential skyscraper situated in the southwest corner of Wood Wharf, within
00:09the Canary Wharf development on the Isle of Dogs, London.
00:13The building is the first residential development designed by Swiss-based architecture firm
00:17Herzog & de Meuron in the United Kingdom.
00:20It is cylindrical, with 57 stories comprising 484 private residential apartments and penthouses.
00:27The sub-penthouses on floor 55 were launched in September 2022, and the main duplex penthouses
00:33on floors 56 to 57 were launched in October 2022.
00:38As of 2023, 1 Park Drive is the ninth tallest building in the United Kingdom at 673 feet
00:44tall.
00:45Wood Wharf is a 23-acre site in Canary Wharf, London.
00:49It is currently under construction to provide offices, residential homes, and retail space.
00:55The site is next to Canary Wharf.
00:57Wood Wharf will contain 5 million square feet of space, which will include 2 million
01:01square feet of office space, 3,330 residential homes, 3.6 hectares of public spaces, and
01:08380,000 square feet of shops, restaurants, and space for community use.
01:13It is estimated to be completed in 2023.
01:16The architects for the site include Allies & Morrison, Darling Associates, KPF, Herzog
01:21& de Meuron, Pilbro & Partners, Stanton-Williams Architects,
01:26Grid Architects, and Patel-Taylor.
01:29The master plan has been designed by Allies & Morrison Architects.
01:32The Wood Wharf Business Park was sold by British Waterways to a joint partnership in the financial
01:37year 2007-08.
01:39The Canal & River Trust is the freeholder of the main 20-acre site following the transfer
01:44of all the assets of British Waterways in 2012.
01:47British Waterways had previously acquired the site from the Port of London.
01:52Wherry Wharf Group plc purchased a 250-year lease for the site in January 2012.
01:57In 2003, British Waterways issued a master plan for a substantial, mixed-use redevelopment
02:03of the site.
02:04The master plan indicated a potential development size of 330,000 square meters of commercial
02:10floor space, offices, retail, and restaurants, 120,000 square meters of residential use,
02:17approximately 1,500 units, and 10,000 square meters of hotel and service departments.
02:23The master plan has been adopted by Tower Hamlets as interim guidance to support the
02:27current local plan.
02:28In 2004, British Waterways held a competition to select a development partner for the project.
02:35In 2005, a consortium of British Waterways, Canary Wharf Group, and Ballymore Properties
02:40established the Wood Wharf Partnership to develop the scheme with Berwyn Leighton-Paisner
02:44as legal advisor.
02:46In November 2007, a new master plan was unveiled by Rogers Sturck Harbour Plus Partners.
02:52Outline planning was submitted to Tower Hamlets in July 2008 and was approved in October 2008.
02:58The official Wood Wharf website was updated.
03:01The new master plan shows considerably higher density, as well as more towers, which are
03:05also taller than the previous ones.
03:08The next step is to find different architects to design each individual building.
03:12The developers want at least one iconic residential and one iconic office tower as part of the
03:17project.
03:19The new master plan also contains a high street, which will run up the middle of the site.
03:23This will host bars, shops, cafes and restaurants.
03:27This will be covered by a glass snake skin-type roof.
03:30A planning application was filed on 30 June 2008.
03:34On 8 October 2008, Tower Hamlets Strategic Development Committee voted unanimously to
03:39grant approval for the application.
03:42Canary Wharf Group, which is a 25% partner in Wood Wharf Project, does not wish to proceed
03:47with the scheme until it has completed and let all of the office projects on and around
03:51the original Canary Wharf estate, including Riverside South, North Quay, Heron Quays West,
03:57and 25 Bank Street.
03:59In January 2012, Canary Wharf Group took 100% control of the project by paying British Waterways
04:05£52.5 million for their 50% stake and Ballymore £38 million for their 25% stake.
04:12That is all.
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