Ontario Tower

The Ontario Tower is a landmark residential tower block in Blackwall in the London Docklands.

Ontario Tower
General information
StatusComplete
TypeResidential
LocationLondon, E14
United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5067°N 0.00469°W / 51.5067; -0.00469
Opening2007
ManagementBallymore Asset Management
Height
Roof104 m (341 ft)
Technical details
Floor count29
Lifts/elevators3
Design and construction
ArchitectSkidmore, Owings and Merrill
DeveloperBallymore Group

It was built by Ballymore as part of a wider scheme in New Providence Wharf to provide new housing to meet changing demand in the Docklands area. The designers, architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, were known for landmarks such as Chicago's Willis Tower and New York's One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower). The Ontario Tower is a distinctive landmark of the Tower Hamlets skyline with its sleek glass and aluminium design and a sloping roof[1], of a blue LED-rimmed elliptical profile.[2] To highlight its residential position in the Canary Wharf financial district, its lobby has slim digital boards running through the floor, wall and the ceiling showing stock prices and financial news in real time.[3]

The 29-storey project was completed in autumn 2007, making it the first new residential tower block in London since the 43-storey Shakespeare Tower at the Barbican in 1976.[4] It was joined in 2016 by its taller neighbour Charrington Tower (originally called Providence Tower) on an adjacent site.

It has a hotel-style concierge service and security, a spa shared with the adjacent Radisson Hotel, a private river-side garden, valet parking, a business centre, and a gym, featuring a 25-metre swimming pool, at the on-site New Providence Wharf Athletics Club, which is shared with residents of New Providence Wharf and Charrington Tower.[5]

References
  1. "Ontario Tower & Radisson Hotel". Watts Group Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. Ontario Tower at Emporis
  3. "Ontario Tower brochure".
  4. Prynn, Jonathan (29 October 2012). "High rise London: 100 tower blocks set to be built across capital". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. "Ontario Tower brochure".
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