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Manhattan Loft Gardens shortlisted for 2019 Project of the Year

Written by Vanessa | Oct 29, 2019 3:26:15 PM

Shortlisted for Building Magazine’s 2019 Project of the Year. The stunning Manhattan Loft Gardens is a luxury high rise 42-storey residential tower on East London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A dramatic roof garden cut into the building enveloping and surrounded by apartments that range from double height industrial lofts to boutique studios it sets an ambitious benchmark for what high rise urban residential living can be.

Designed by SOM, the world-renowned high-rise architects, the tower’s unique structure is propelled by a vision of social potency – embracing green space and fresh air to foster a dynamic community of residents and hotel guests.

Buzon UK were specified to supply and install DPH adjustable pedestals to support Alfresco Floors 600 x 600mm – Falla & Queva Queensbury Porcelain tiles for the 335m2 project on the Level 2 Roof Terrace.

London’s historic garden squares have been re-imagined for the 21st century and carved into the form of the building at 95, 280 and 400 feet – delivering breathtaking panoramic views of the city skyline. A triple-height lobby acts as the social hub, featuring a restaurant, bar and open piazza leading out to Stratford International. Custom-made facilities include a state-of-the-art gym, spa and cinema.

The 146-room design hotel occupies the first seven storeys followed by a fluid composition of 248 single and double-height loft apartments stretching to the 42nd floor. Individually designed by Parisian duo, Studio KO, each living space is beautifully proportioned and immaculately finished to common values of clarity, beauty and comfort.

Clad in a serrated façade of terracotta and glass, Manhattan Loft Gardens is an extraordinary feat of imagination, architecture and engineering. Europe’s most ambitious residential tower right in the heart of the East End’s new cultural capital.

See the full case study here.