The King's Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames was built in the 1970s by Richard Seyfert and became a familiar part of the London landscape when they decided to turn it into a residential building in the early 2010s. The KPF project envisaged not only a change in function and a general reconstruction of the building, but also an increase in height: from 30 to 41 floors. Against this background, the change of the name to the more banal Southbank Tower is quite a small detail.
But the story did not end with these changes. In 2018, 37 apartments (
there are almost two hundred of them) there was acquired by a certain investment company, which conceived a series of joint projects with well-known "brands". The first was the reconstruction of the lobby by Zaha Hadid Architects: implementation is scheduled for spring-summer 2020.
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zooming 1/4 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 2/4 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 3/4 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 4/4 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
A concierge desk, an elevator hall, a mezzanine floor with a lounge, and a new lighting system are planned for 200 m2. The main focus of the project is the "petals" of gypsum panels reinforced with fiberglass and marble furniture. The range of materials will also include concrete, chestnut wood and leather. The implementation is planned to use digital production methods to achieve a "craft" level of quality, as well as to minimize the duration of the work in the lobby and the inconvenience of guests.
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zooming 1/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 2/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 3/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 1/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 2/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
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zooming 3/3 Southbank Tower Lobby © Zaha Hadid Architects
