Dollar Bay
Details
- Architect: Simpson Haugh Architects
- Developer: Mount Anvil/One Housing
- Location: Canary Wharf, London
- Status: Completed
Services
- Design Audit
- Design Team Meetings
- Façade Workshop Meetings
- Factory Visits
- Site Monitoring
- Specification Writing
- Tender Review
- Witnessing of Testing
Dollar Bay
Details
- Architect: Simpson Haugh Architects
- Developer: Mount Anvil/One Housing
- Location: Canary Wharf, London
- Status: Completed
Services
- Design Audit
- Design Team Meetings
- Façade Workshop Meetings
- Factory Visits
- Site Monitoring
- Specification Writing
- Tender Review
- Witnessing of Testing
Accommodating 121 apartments and retail space, Dollar Bay consists of a duo of crystalline pillars closely paralleling each other; two perfectly balanced crystals from the water’s edge. The façades are important components in creating a distinctive urban community employing exemplary architectural styles that enhance the overall contextual setting. The design of the façades embraces important performance related matters such as acoustic and atmospheric pollution within this environment.
The building envelope is formed by a unitised curtain wall to the north and south elevations and winter gardens with internal sliding doors; the west and east façades are clad in operable horizontal glass louvres. These incline both inwards and outwards to create a cascading waterfall effect.
Wintech worked with the developers (a partnership between Mount Anvil and One Housing) to apply building envelope expertise to Dollar Bay, designed by Simpson Haugh Architects. Design elements include the glass curtain wall, structural glazing, rainscreen cladding and winter gardens.
Project Awards
- Best New Iconic Building or Scheme – 2018 London Planning Awards
- Architecture Residential Constructed Gold Winner – 2017 London Design Awards
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