One The Elephant
Building in London, England
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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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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Elephant & Castle, London, England |
| Completed | 2016 |
| Client | Lendlease |
| Height | |
| Roof | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 37 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Squire & Partners |
| Structural engineer | Robert Bird Group |
| Main contractor | Lendlease |
| Website | |
| onetheelephant.com | |
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]