Eagle Wharf, Westminster
Type residential
Client Majorarch
Size 68 units
Status completed
Scheme description
Eagle Wharf is a scheme for 40 apartments on the last undeveloped riverside site in Westminster. We were commissioned as architects, planners and urban designers following the success of our nearby Panoramic project.
A narrow, tapering site between a busy road and the river, the site contained a number of plane trees which had to be retained. In addition, a requirement for a new riverside footway meant that the site was extremely difficult to plan. The design consists of four simple pavilions reducing in height and plan form in response to the narrowing site. The blocks are in strict proportional relationship to each other. The design received praise from English Heritage and Westminster design officers for its clear logic and simplicity. It received consent in June 2000. The project won a National Homebuilder Award in 2005.
Photography: Philip Durrant
