St George's Wharf Tower

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St George's Wharf Tower
Location	St Georges Wharf, Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London
Status	Proposed
Roof	181 metres (594 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	49
Floor area	207 flats
Companies
Architect	Broadway Malyan

St George's Wharf Tower, also known as the Vauxhall Tower, is a major residential skyscraper being planned for a site in Vauxhall, London. If built, it would be 181 metres (594 ft) tall with 49 storeys, making it the tallest residential building in the country.

1 Design features
2 Planning
3 Construction
4 External links

[edit] Design features

Energy efficiency is one of the tower's most important aspects. The structure will be topped by a wind turbine, which will power the tower's common lighting. At the base of the tower, water will be drawn from the London Aquifer and heat pump technology will be used to remove warmth from the water in the winter to heat the apartments. The tower will require one third of the energy compared to a similar building and CO₂ release will be between one half and two thirds of normal emissions. It will be triple-glazed to minimise heat loss and gain, with low 'e' glazing and ventilated blinds between the glazing to further reduce heat gain.

[edit] Planning

Following ongoing advice from the government architectural body, CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment), two revised planning applications were submitted and subsequently withdrawn. A final decision was made by the Deputy Prime Minister in April 2005 and the tower was approved. This has been the subject of considerable controversy, due to the tower's height and its proximity to Westminster Palace.

[edit] Construction

The developers have indicated that work will start towards the end of 2008. Most of the current site has already been demolished and cleared. The tower will form the final phase of the St George's Wharf development, which includes five smaller buildings that have already been built.