Architect Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments.

Named Principal Tower, the 50-storey building marks the completion of Principal Place, which is a mixed-use development positioned between Shoreditch and the capital’s financial district. As part of the development Foster + Partners also designed a 15-storey office for Amazon UK.

The tower was commissioned by Concord London and Brookfield Properties to help boost the scheme’s “residential appeal” alongside the development’s commercial offerings, bars and eateries.

建築師Foster + Partners已完成其在倫敦的第一座住宅摩天大樓,其中包括299套豪華公寓。

這座名為Principal Tower的50層建築標誌著Principal Place的竣工,Principal Place是位於Shoreditch和首都金融區之間的多功能綜合體。 作為開發的一部分,Foster + Partners還為英國亞馬遜設計了一個15層高的辦公室。

該塔是由倫敦康科德和布魯克菲爾德房地產公司委託建造的,以幫助提高該計劃的“住宅吸引力”以及該開發項目的商業產品,酒吧和餐館。

FROM:Foster + Partners completes luxury Principal Tower in London

“Principal Tower is an integral part of a composition of buildings that includes the new Amazon headquarters, the adjacent low-rise residential buildings and the refurbished and restored Light Bar,” explained Grant Brooker, director at Foster + Partners.

“It was designed specifically for this location – the character of the buildings and the form is specific to the place it occupies, and it would certainly not be built like this anywhere else in the city,” he told.

Foster + Partners董事格蘭特·布魯克(Grant Brooker)解釋說:“主要塔樓是包括新的亞馬遜總部,相鄰的低層住宅樓以及經過翻新和翻新的燈條的建築物組成的組成部分。”

他說:“它是專門為此地點設計的,建築物的特徵和形式是它所佔據的地方所特有的,而且肯定不會在城市的其他任何地方像這樣建造。”

Principal Tower takes the form of three different-sized volumes arranged in a cruciform that measures less than 25 metres each side.

This compact footprint was dictated by the site’s physical constraints. It is bordered by existing buildings and the railway lines of the adjacent Liverpool Street train station.

主體塔採用三個不同大小的體積的形式,這些體積排列成十字形,每側不到25米。

這種緊湊的佔地面積是由站點的物理限制決定的。 它被現有建築物和鄰近的利物浦街火車站的鐵路線所包圍。

Foster + Partners positioned the smallest of the three blocks to face Shoreditch, a largely residential area, while the middle-sized volume are nearer the high-rise buildings in the City of London. The tallest, 162-metre-high volume slots in between them.

Foster + Partners將這三個街區中的最小街區面向面向住宅區的Shoreditch,而中型住宅區更靠近倫敦金融城的高層建築。 它們之間最高的162米高的插槽。

The three volumes are unified by an envelope of floor-to-ceiling glazing and broad brass-coloured louvres and balconies.

This aesthetic was designed by Foster + Partners to complement the metal and glass cladding of the adjacent Amazon UK headquarters.

這三個體積由落地玻璃和黃銅色百葉窗和陽台組成的信封統一起來。

這種美學是由Foster + Partners設計的,旨在補充相鄰的亞馬遜英國總部的金屬和玻璃覆層。

“We sought to link the predominant buildings through their materiality – the metal cladding varies in colour and tone and is brighter on the tower, while taking on a matt texture on the Amazon headquarters,” explained Brooker.

“In comparison to the glazed facade of the office building, the residential tower has a strong expressed external texture with broad louvres and generous curved balconies which soften its form,” Brooker told.

布魯克解釋說:“我們試圖通過材料的重要性將主要建築物聯繫在一起-金屬外牆的顏色和色調各不相同,並且塔樓更明亮,而亞馬遜總部則採用啞光質感。”

布魯克說:“與辦公大樓的玻璃幕牆相比,住宅塔具有明顯的外部紋理,寬大的百葉窗和寬大的弧形陽台,可軟化其外觀。”

Inside, a typical floor of Principal Tower contains four two-bedroom and four one-bedroom apartments.

The upper levels contain three-bed dwellings, formed by the combination of the one and two-bed residences below, as well as penthouses at the top with bespoke layouts.

內部,Principal Tower的典型樓層包含四個兩居室和四個一居室公寓。

上層包含三床住宅,由下面的一床和兩床住所組合而成,以及頂部的頂樓和定制佈局。

Every Principal Tower apartment has its own balcony, made possible by the eight corners of the tower’s cross-shaped plan. These balconies are accessed through floor-to-ceiling glazing that frame views out over the city.

Foster + Partners developed the interior design for each of the apartments to retain focus on these views, limiting ornament to a selection of locally sourced and hand-crafted furnishings.

首席塔樓的每套公寓都有自己的陽台,該塔樓通過十字形平面圖的八個角實現。 這些陽台可通過落地窗玻璃進入,這些玻璃將整個城市的景緻一覽無餘。

Foster + Partners為每間公寓開發了室內設計,以保持對這些景觀的關注,從而將裝飾物限制為只能選擇本地採購和手工製作的家具。

“We wanted to create a calm, understated and contemporary aesthetic that exemplifies the essence of the area and would appeal to a broad range of people,” explained Brooker.

“The focus is on the extraordinary views and setting, while creating a seamless relationship between the inside and the outside with floor-to-ceiling glazing panels.”

布魯克解釋說:“我們希望創造一種平靜,低調和現代的美學,以體現該地區的本質,並吸引廣泛的人們。”

“重點在於非凡的景觀和設置,同時使用落地玻璃窗面板在內部和外部之間建立無縫的關係。”

The tower is complete with a number of shared amenities that include a pool, spa, gym, cinema, residents lounge, and grand lobby featuring a seven tonne staircase that was assembled and finished on site.

塔樓配有許多共用設施,包括游泳池,水療中心,健身房,電影院,居民休息室和宏偉的大堂,大堂內設有7噸重的樓梯,已在現場組裝完成。

Founded in 1967 by Norman Foster, Foster and Partners is an architecture studio with offices worldwide. Its headquarters is located in London.

Principal Tower is the latest in a series of skyscrapers designed by the studio, including Philadelphia’s tallest building and a proposal for the China Merchants Bank headquarters in Shenzhen.

In London, the studio also recently hit the headlines after it revealed visuals for the 305.3-metre-high Tulip tower, though plans were later axed by mayor of London for offering “very limited public benefit”.

Foster and Partners由Norman Foster於1967年成立,是一家在全球設有辦事處的建築工作室。 其總部位於倫敦。

信安塔是該工作室設計的一系列摩天大樓中的最新摩天大樓,其中包括費城最高的建築物,以及對招商銀行深圳總部的建議。

在倫敦,該工作室還公佈了305.3米高的鬱金香塔的視覺效果,最近也成為頭條新聞,儘管倫敦市長後來因提供“非常有限的公共利益”而取消了計劃。

FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/28/foster-partners-principal-tower-london/

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