One The Elephant

One The Elephant is a residential apartment development, in Elephant and 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 and Castle tube station a Zone 1 London Underground station.

One The Elephant
General information
StatusComplete
LocationElephant and Castle, London, England
Completed2016
ClientLendlease Group
Height
Roof124 m (407 ft)
Technical details
Floor count37
Design and construction
ArchitectSquire and Partners
Structural engineerRobert Bird Group
Main contractorLendlease Group
Website
onetheelephant.com

Planning consent was granted in 2012.[1] The then 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 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] 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.[8]

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.[9]

See also

References
  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 A.M. Retrieved 1 Sep 2020.
  7. "One The Elephant". 35% Campaign.
  8. "One The Elephant luxury flats meet full cost of Castle Centre", London SE1
  9. "Region: UK International Property Awards", International Property Awards

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