Eastern Quay
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Eastern Quay Apartments is in Royal Victoria Dock
, East London
Constructed between April 2002 and November 2003, Eastern Quay Apartments were built at a cost of £10.75m. The building sits adjacent to the site earmarked for Silvertown Quays - a large £100m regeneration project which will include Britain's first purpose-built national aquarium, Biota!.
Eastern Quay was designed by Gardner Stewart Architects, and constructed by Morrisons. Standing 12 stories high, it is constructed with a concrete and steel frame. It is one of the first residential apartment blocks in the United Kingdom to have fully glazed exterior walls.
The increased solar gain on such a building is reduced by a combination of integrated design and advanced glazing technology. The building has a 1.8-metre-wide terrace that wraps around the entire floor, a dual-purpose design providing generous terraces to each apartment and providing shade to the unit below. Furthermore, Low-emissivity
glazing which is spectrally selective in order to minimize solar heat gain is installed across the building.
The apartment block is located on an east–west axis, exactly 1 km east of the GMT line. The apartments on the north side overlook Royal Victoria Dock and the ExCeL Exhibition Centre
, while apartments on the south side overlook the River Thames
.
Eastern Quay won various awards from construction, including one from the Chartered Institute of Building.
In the summer of 2003, the London Evening Standard gave away one of the new-built apartments in its annual summer 'Win a £250,000 Home' competition.
The building and its surrounding land are frequently used for TV and film locations, notably Channel 4
, the BBC's 'Life on Mars' and ITV drama The Bill
.
stations, all of which are equidistant: Pontoon Dock, West Silvertown and Custom House.
The building has 42 underground parking spaces and 12 external spaces. The surrounding area is run by Newham council and is free of parking restrictions.
Eastern Quay is on the take off and approach corridor to London City Airport
and as such is frequently exposed to aircraft noise from 6:30 to 21:00.
Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.-History:...
, East London
Constructed between April 2002 and November 2003, Eastern Quay Apartments were built at a cost of £10.75m. The building sits adjacent to the site earmarked for Silvertown Quays - a large £100m regeneration project which will include Britain's first purpose-built national aquarium, Biota!.
Eastern Quay was designed by Gardner Stewart Architects, and constructed by Morrisons. Standing 12 stories high, it is constructed with a concrete and steel frame. It is one of the first residential apartment blocks in the United Kingdom to have fully glazed exterior walls.
The increased solar gain on such a building is reduced by a combination of integrated design and advanced glazing technology. The building has a 1.8-metre-wide terrace that wraps around the entire floor, a dual-purpose design providing generous terraces to each apartment and providing shade to the unit below. Furthermore, Low-emissivity
Low-emissivity
Low emissivity - actually low thermal emissivity - is a quality of a surface that radiates, or emits, low levels of radiant thermal energy. All materials absorb, reflect and emit radiant energy...
glazing which is spectrally selective in order to minimize solar heat gain is installed across the building.
The apartment block is located on an east–west axis, exactly 1 km east of the GMT line. The apartments on the north side overlook Royal Victoria Dock and the ExCeL Exhibition Centre
ExCeL Exhibition Centre
ExCeL London is an exhibitions and conference centre in the London Borough of Newham, England. It is located on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, between Canary Wharf and London City Airport.- History :The centre was built by Sir Robert McAlpine, opened...
, while apartments on the south side overlook the River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
.
Eastern Quay won various awards from construction, including one from the Chartered Institute of Building.
In the summer of 2003, the London Evening Standard gave away one of the new-built apartments in its annual summer 'Win a £250,000 Home' competition.
The building and its surrounding land are frequently used for TV and film locations, notably Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, the BBC's 'Life on Mars' and ITV drama The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
.
Transport
Eastern Quay is served by three Docklands Light RailwayDocklands Light Railway
The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London...
stations, all of which are equidistant: Pontoon Dock, West Silvertown and Custom House.
The building has 42 underground parking spaces and 12 external spaces. The surrounding area is run by Newham council and is free of parking restrictions.
Eastern Quay is on the take off and approach corridor to London City Airport
London City Airport
London City Airport is a single-runway airport. It principally serves the financial district of London and is located on a former Docklands site, east of the City of London, opposite the London Regatta Centre, in the London Borough of Newham in east London. It was developed by the engineering...
and as such is frequently exposed to aircraft noise from 6:30 to 21:00.