The Building Design

The Edridge project has evolved over some time. Its design has gone through a careful process of briefing, through to scheme design and finally to detailed design and construction tender.

The genesis for the project was based around user experience. It was designed in order to create light filled apartments and dramatic communal spaces. It external appearance was driven a desire from the developer to create a sophisticated, mature and elegant building worthy of the great architectural legacy that London has to offer.

The resulting building combines the use of large open expanses of glazing that allow the greatest amount of light into every apartment and communal space. This is mixed with robust high quality facade materials such as limestone, Corten and blue/black engineering bricks.

The building form is based on two opposing geometries: that of the tower and that of the podium building. The tower is turned through 20Ўгfrom the podium building. This is partly because planning laws stipulate it must be concealed from certain historic views of neighboring buildings. It is also in order to create a dynamic between the 2 forms. The tower is finished in blue/black engineer bricks with Corten inserts. The podium building is faced in white limestone with black power coated aluminium panels. Ths further adds to the contrasting forms of the tower and the podium.

The canopy structures are important as they frame the communal triple height space on the sixth floor. The also provide a place to relax, in the privacy of the building in the summer months.

The entrance portico provides a double colonnage, height entrance space and waiting area before entering the commercial part of the building (visible in the picture to the right at street level).

Click to see the building's external features:

The Builing: The Terrace

The Building: The Balconies

The sixth floor gives access onto the private terrace areas of the building. These are for apartment owners and guest only.

The spaces are overlooked by the executive duplex apartments. The terrace is accessed from the main tower.