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Thinking East - Looking West - ABP Royal Albert Dock | 01 02 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 03 - - Boris Johnson Xu Weiping Mayor of London ABP Chairman This project will see Royal Albert Dock return Welcome to ABP Royal Albert Dock. It is to its historic role as the trading heartland of an honour and privilege to lead a £1 billion London. It will deliver 20,000 full-time jobs, transformation of this site. It will become a create £6 billion for the UK economy and serve dynamic 24-hour business destination linking as a catalyst for further development. Welcome the enterprises of Asia in the East with those to London’s newest business district. of the UK and Europe in the West. 04 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 05 ABP sees the world of business coming together as one - 06 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 07 智 ABP: Headquarters Economy - The fusion of international business in one place creates a positive commercial and social energy. ABP Royal Albert Dock will be London’s newest business district and a hub for global enterprise. 08 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 09 联 ABP: Enterprise Community - Business networks, enterprise associations and forums create a thriving and diverse business environment. ABP Royal Albert Dock business community will be like no other in the UK. 10 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 11 禄 ABP: Opportunity and Prosperity - The opportunity to purchase high quality office buildings gives corporations the chance to invest in the future. ABP Royal Albert Dock enables businesses to build equity in the most exciting area of growth in the world’s capital city. 12 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 13 Forged by entrepreneurs at the centre of world commerce - 14 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 15 Sir Winston Churchill, 1800 Queen Victoria Sir Alexander King George VI and Beeston Long and Prince Albert Meadows Rendel Queen Elizabeth II Michael Heseltine Boris Johnson - - - - - - Entrepreneur Beeston Long had the vision to see Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, created an Rendel was the engineer Royal Albert Dock was a Plans were made to London Mayor Boris London’s international commercial future. In international exhibition to showcase Britain’s world- who designed Royal Albert key target during the war. regenerate London’s docks Johnson and the Greater 1800 he funded and built London’s first enclosed leading engineering and production innovations. It Dock to accommodate Britain’s famous wartime and the London Docklands London Authority docks before becoming chairman of London attracted six million visitors in 1851, who came to the newest and largest leader, Winston Churchill, Development Corporation recognised the commercial Docks and Governor of the Bank of England. view the world’s latest technology. steamships, and to host visited the docks to inspect was established by the importance of Royal the most modern crane Secretary of State for the Albert Dock and after This was the age of steamships and railways. Both the damage and the King and technology, all linked to Environment, Michael two years scrutinising influenced the decision to create Royal Albert Dock, Queen came to the London the rest of the UK via a new Heseltine. proposals approved ABP’s which was named after the prince. Docks to pay tribute to the railway line. local people. bid to acquire the land. 1851 1880 1940 1981 2011 Parliament granted the right to build Britain in the Victorian era built the world’s When it opened in 1880 the Royal Albert Dock was At 5pm on September 7 1940, German bombers The Government set up an Enterprise Zone Tenders were invited by the GLA from parties London’s enclosed docks so that valuable biggest trading empire and showcased the considered the world’s finest. It pioneered electric attacked London with direct hits at Royal Albert offering tax advantages to companies seeking to develop Royal Albert Dock - the cargoes could be protected from theft, and technological innovations of the Industrial lights to allow night and day working, hydraulic Dock. The devastation was so great it became operating in the Docklands. Through these start of a thorough two-year process to secure loaded and unloaded as fast as possible. Revolution at the Great Exhibition of 1851, cranes and steam winches to speed loading and known as “Black Saturday”. initiatives Canary Wharf was developed and the ideal development partner. Prior to this, crowded quays close to the the world’s first Expo. unloading, and transit sheds, warehouses and cold the business of the capital started to move east. After the war every type of cargo passed through Tower of London were used. storage areas to accommodate durable commodities. Royal Albert Dock but trade was now moving to Its nine metre depth meant it could accommodate larger container and deep water ports. The last ship the world’s largest freight vessels, giving the Royal to unload at the docks was from China, the Xin Feng. Albert Dock a central role in Britain’s economy and Soon after, Royal Albert Dock closed. a global significance with thousands of overseas workers moving to the area. 16 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 17 2013 ABP Chairman Xu Weiping will bring prosperity back to the Docks once more by creating London’s newest business district. - 18 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 19 - Sir Terry Farrell Architect/Masterplanner The Masterplan realises the dream of an unrivalled waterfront destination that places powerful international business alongside open public squares allowing space for relaxation and contemplation. Everyone recognises this is a potent mix. 20 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 21 1. Compressor House 3. Green Boundary Edge 5. Main Street 7. Central Square 9. Mews Streets An historic building which will be converted into a A linear link to Beckton Park to the north, the A vibrant 21st Century high street that The heart of the masterplan and focal point of Linear pedestrian environment sheltered from dock museum and form the centre-piece of a new green edge provides an ecosystem perimeter and forms the commercial spine of the site, the scheme, the square will incorporate a variety the main high street with streets opening quarter close to the Royal Albert DLR station. buffer to the main road. incorporating a variety of uses and providing of uses, architecture and amenity spaces. onto pocket parks and the waterfront. connectivity from East to West. 2. Waterfront Promenade 4. New London Garden Squares 6. Dockside Parks and Gardens 8. Heritage Buildings 10. Boundary Treatments The dock front walkway provides The urban character of the site is based Sheltered pocket parks and mini squares The existing listed buildings will be brought Hard and soft landscaping treatments continuous pedestrian and cycle on the creation of active streets and that provide amenity space and linkage back to life at the heart of the site to house to ensure seamless connectivity connectivity and waterside amenity. squares to establish a sense of place, and between dockside and the scheme. various uses and provide a link with the past. with adjoining land ownerships, and to reflect historic London’s squares. maintenance of the historic dock wall. Beckton Park Strait Road Beckton Park A1020 Royal Albert Way Cyprus Docklands Light Railway (DLR) 3 Royal Albert University of East London 1 8 8 4 4 7 5 Building 1000 9 9 10 6 6 6 10 2 ROYAL AlbERT DOCK ROYAL AlbERT DOCK KEY Ground Floor Retail and Leisure DLR Station London City Airport 22 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 23 - CGI of view looking north-west 24 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 25 - South facing buildings CGI of waterfront promenade and ‘Type A’ office buildings 26 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 27 - View looking west CGI of heritage buildings, Central Square and office buildings 28 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 29 - View looking west CGI of waterfront promenade and ‘Type A’ office buildings lobby 30 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 31 - View looking south-west CGI of a ‘Type A’ office building 32 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 33 - View looking south CGI of ‘Type A’ office building top floor Executive’s Office 34 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 35 Positioned at the heart of London’s future - 36 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 37 First class connectivity from destinations across London - East London is used to transformation, from the wetlands that were converted to thriving hubs for shipping and industry, to the current reinvention of the Docks to a new destination for working and living. Improvements to transport infrastructure mean that East London and the Royal Docks are now easily accessible from various well known landmarks across London. KEY DLR Station Underground Station Crossrail Station 38 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 39 Creating the future of The Shard City of London enterprise in London Canary Wharf - The O2 Arena River Thames Canning Town Greenwich Peninsula ExCel London Emirates Air Line Custom House London City Airport ROYAL VICTORIA Building 1000 DOCK Royal Albert Beckton Park Beckton Park ROYAL ALBERT DOCK University of East London Cyprus 40 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 41 A world class business destination being transformed by £26 billion of investment £1 billion 20,000 - investment new jobs A13 3 GALLIONS