SOUTH QUAY PLAZA, SOUTH QUAY LONDON E14 LANDMARK YOUNGEST 1 LONDON’S South Quay Plaza is London’s youngest landmark. This vibrant waterside development has been created by Berkeley and Fosters + Partners in London’s historic docks and financial centre, Canary Wharf. South Quay Plaza by Canary Wharf’s South Dock View West over the Thames from South Quay Plaza Introduction Residents Amenity Floors 10 Architecture by Foster + Partners 48 Level One 12 Interior Design by Foster + Partners 50 Amenities 54 Level Two 60 Level Fifty-Six Canary Wharf 62 Residents' Club Lounge and Terrace 18 London’s Newest Neighbourhood 20 Redevelopment of Canary Wharf Apartment Floor Plates 22 Business 24 Transport 74 Ground Floor Level 28 Retail & Restaurants 76 Levels Three to Fifteen PLAZA, SOUTH QUAY LONDON E14 30 Parks & Public Spaces 78 Levels Sixteen to Thirty-two 32 Education 80 Level Thirty-three 34 Arts & Culture 82 Levels Thirty-four to Forty-eight 84 Levels Forty-nine to Fifty-five 86 Levels Fifty-seven to Sixty-four South Quay Plaza 38 Design Evolution Apartment Types 40 Public Realm 94 Studio Apartment 100 One-bedroom Apartment 106 Two-bedroom Apartment 114 Three-bedroom Apartment 122 Specifications LANDMARK Why choose Berkeley 128 Designed for Life YOUNGEST 129 Sustainability LONDON’S Introduction South Quay Plaza’s slender 68-storey glass tower will bring a new focal point to the London skyline and provide a new reason to live in Canary Wharf, the city’s prestigious, modern financial district. Developed by Berkeley and designed by Foster + Partners, South Quay Plaza is set to be one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe. Combining the highest quality of architecture, interior design and amenities; it also promotes sustainable high-rise living, which means creating not just a new landmark for London, but a vibrant long- term community. 9 Architecture by Foster + Partners The world-renowned architectural practice Foster + Left to right/top to bottom Foster + Partners began in 1967 by as the new Canary Wharf Crossrail Station Partners has played a major part in shaping London 1. Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, bringing an innovative approach to (due for completion in 2018). for nearly half a century – from train stations, airports British Museum, London, 2000 industrial and office buildings. Since 2. 30 St Mary Axe, London, 2004 Other key London projects include the and sports stadia to bridges, commercial towers and 3. Millennium Bridge, London, 2000 then, it has repeatedly picked up the contemporary redesigns of historic landmarks. 4. City Hall, London, 2002 world’s most prestigious awards, sealing Millennium Bridge, which provided the its reputation in the early 1980s with catalyst for South Bank’s transformation Foster + Partners’ cool, clean architecture is as integral HSBC’s light-filled tower in Hong Kong. into a major cultural and tourist attraction, to the city’s fabric as that of Wren or Lutyens. The British The practice then turned its attention and the unmissable 30 St Mary Axe Museum’s Great Court, the new Wembley Stadium or the to London, announcing its arrival with skyscraper, better known as The Gherkin, pedestrianised Trafalgar Square are prominent examples Stansted Airport. UK air passengers had and one of London’s most thrilling of their work. not seen anything quite so bright and examples of contemporary architecture. inviting before. Foster + Partners prides itself on Canary Wharf Underground Station attracting young talent and never relents followed shortly after and features what is from introducing fresh, inspiring new arguably Foster + Partners’ key motif – a architecture to the city’s skyline. glass dome – which can also be seen in City Hall and the British Museum as well 10 Introduction 11 Interior Design by Foster + Partners Interior design is always integral to architecture. Foster Left to right/top to bottom London’s five-star ME Hotel is designed undulating chaise longue to the use of + Partners understand that architecture should provide 1. ME Hotel, London, UK, 2013 throughout by Foster + Partners. Its natural materials, light, and a three-storey a seamless experience from inside to outside, which 2. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, crisp white bedrooms and black marble oval staircase. Dallas, USA, 2009 means focusing on every individual element as much as 3. La Voile, France, 2000 corridors bring a richly textured, on the building itself. No detail is too small: the quality of 4. Sailing Yacht, Panthalassa, Italy, 2009 contemporary edge while the Portland Projects such as the Faustino winery in 5. Faustino Winery, Castilla y León, Spain, 2010 light and use of colour, the choice of materials, design of stone facade maintains the period Castilla y León and the Winspear Opera furnishings and artwork – they all have their part to play. elegance of its historic London street. House in Dallas, Texas, use contemporary design to redefine and enhance the Foster + Partners’ industrial team has had experience The same emphasis on beautiful mate- visitor experience. The Spanish winery’s designing everything from fountain pens to executive rials and spacious, carefully lit interiors architecture mirrors the winery’s workings, jet cabins, from door handles and taps to the interiors of was carried over to a private villa, 'La including the stainless steel bar that an ocean-going yacht. Such product design may be for Voile', on the French Riviera. The use echoes the vats and the recycled barrel a particular project, a private client or for commercial of white, reflective surfaces helped to slats used in the restaurant flooring. At production. animate the villa's central with changing Dallas’s new Opera House, a series of patterns of sunlight. transparent lobby spaces and horse- shaped seating makes opera newly The sailing yacht Panthalassa blends accessible to modern audiences. discreet luxury with interior design that echoes its structural form, from the 12 Introduction 13 Canary Wharf As you approach London by road, rail or air, one globally identifiable landmark tells you that you have arrived. The flashing red light that crowns One Canada Square, the tallest tower in Canary Wharf, is visible from miles around and a symbol of London’s prosperity and position as a global financial centre. South Quay Plaza, on the south side of Canary Wharf, heralds the next phase of change. This exciting new place to live provides a link between the area’s business and residential communities, in a location that has fast transport links to London’s many attractions. 15 O2 Arena Canary Wharf Greenwich 16 Canary Wharf Looking east 17 4 miles 3 miles Camden OLYMPIC STADIUM STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL Islington REGENT'S CANAL Shoreditch 2 miles KING'S CROSS Hackney ST PANCRAS BRITISH Clerkenwell MUSEUM THE Moorgate Newham GHERKIN WHITECHAPEL Marylebone Soho Covent Garden GALLERY 1 mile BANK OF CANARY WHARF PIER ENGLAND The City ST PAUL'S TOWER OF Canary Wharf Mayfair PICCADILLY TRAFALGAR CATHEDRAL LONDON CIRCUS SQUARE ST KATHARINE DOCKS Kensington EXCEL Knightsbridge WESTMINSTER PIER LONDON TATE MODERN THE O2 Westminster GLOBE BUCKINGHAM THEATRE THE CITY AIRPORT LONDON Southwark PALACE EYE SHARD ROYAL HARRODS Bermondsey ALBERT HALL HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT Lambeth TATE BRITAIN Chelsea BATTERSEA Camberwell NATIONAL MARITIME POWER Battersea MUSEUM, GREENWICH STATION Greenwich Lewisham London’s Newest Neighbourhood You can’t miss the Isle of Dogs on a map of London, the London’s latest regeneration projects Canary Wharf is also within easy reach of Canary Wharf is unlike anywhere else in dramatic meandering curve of the Thames that pushes and examples of architectural innovation the traditional financial core in the City of London, its waterways cutting through Greenwich south with its protruding nose. The former island has shifted the city’s centre of gravity London and the prime retail, commercial areas of modern towers and leafy squares. is surrounded by the River Thames on three sides and South eastward. Canary Wharf is in prime and entertainment worlds of London’s It is far more than a busy and focused Dock to the north. position, on the doorstep of some of West End. It also has its own international place to work; it is also one of the most the capital’s most vibrant and fastest- airport on the doorstep, with London City open and tranquil places to live in the It is home to parks, long-standing residential communities, changing areas such as Hoxton and offering regular flights to the US whole of London. and amenities ranging from a city farm to a sailing club. At Stratford, and a short hop across the and Europe. its core is Canary Wharf, the financial district where 105,000 Thames by cable car or road tunnel from people work and 12,500 live. Where once it was tea that historic Greenwich or the O2 Arena. flowed through these docks, now it is finance. 18 Canary Wharf 19 One Canada Square (4) 8 Canada 10 Upper Bank Street (8) Square (6) 25 Bank Street (3) 40 Bank 25 Canada One Churchill Street Square (7) Place (9) (5) 22 Marsh Wall (2) 25 Churchill Place (10) Ontario Tower (13) O2 Arena (14) 46 Westferry Circus (1) Phase II, Canary Wharf Poplar Dock Marina (12) development (11) River Thames River Thames Redevelopment of Canary Wharf Canary Wharf’s major landmark, One Canada Square, is 1. 46 Westferry Circus 4. One Canada Square 7. 25 Canada Square 9. One Churchill Place 12. Poplar Dock Marina unmistakable. While The Shard, only a few miles along Height: 33m / 108ft. Designed Height: 235m / 771ft. The Height: 200m / 656ft. The Height: 156m / 512ft. Designed Built as a series of reservoirs by by Koetter Kim & Associates tallest building in Europe on its joint 26th-tallest building by HOK International as the the West India Dock Company the river, may be the UK’s tallest building, One Canada International and completed completion in 1991, this Cesar in Europe and third-tallest world headquarters for Barclays in 1828, it was converted into Square’s flashing 40-metre rooftop pyramid acts as a in 1999.