Cascades in 2014

Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in East London.[1] It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the celebrated architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88.[2][3]

The building has a concrete frame with details inspired by riverside industry and nautical themes. It has 168 residential units.[4]

Overlooking River Thames, Cascades Tower is on 4 Westferry Road, Canary Wharf, E14 8JL. It stands on land just south of the old western entrance to South Dock of the original West India Docks.[5]

The total height of the building structure is 194 feet (59 m). Cascade Tower was the first private high-rise housing development undertaken by The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to regenerate the depressed east London Docklands area.[6] It was completed at a time “when high rise was still a discredited building form for residential purposes, and two or three storeys was the norm”.[7][8] The building is an exemplary architecture project of British Post-Modernism style.[9]

Cascades was the Winner of Architectural Brickwork Award in 1989,[10] and Grade II listed building in 2018.[11][12]


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References

  1. ^ 'Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of housing developments', in Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, ed. Hermione Hobhouse (London, 1994), pp. 697–702. British History Online. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ National Heritage List: Slough trading estate among new additions. BBC News, 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ Listed postmodern buildings – in pictures. The Guardian, 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cascades CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ Former West Entrance Lock to South Dock, West India Docks, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ Cascades Tower adrianprockter, 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ Cascades, CZWG Listed Buildings Cascades, CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ^ Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of housing developments Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. British History Online. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ^ Cascades, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ Cascades CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Cascades (1449530)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ^ Cascades, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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