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More London Place Riverside
Foster & Partners | |
| location | London |
| function | office |
| contributed by | davidb |
These two buildings form part of the More London development. Regrettably they often feature strongly In opinion polls of London's worst buildings. This is a little unkind. They have long been part of an un-finished development and hopefully their rating will improve when the whole thing is finished. The scheme is formed of 3 fingers with curved ends - all pointing to the river. The larger two are linked together to form a headquarters building. At first sight they may seem bland, consisting of floor to ceiling glass (relieved only by the spandrels at each floor slab) and incorporating the (now standard double height base treatment). However look a little closer and you will see the unusual floor to ceiling extruded aluminium panels, that clad the un-glazed parts. These add texture which contrasts with the smoothness of the glass. The detailing is slick and corporate, but incredibly thorough and well executed. It would be no bad thing if all buildings were detailed to this standard.
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