| One The Elephant | |
| Status: | Complete |
| Location: | Elephant & Castle, London, England |
| Roof: | 124m (407feet) |
| Floor Count: | 37 |
| Completion Date: | 2016 |
| Client: | Lendlease |
| Architect: | Squire & Partners |
| Structural Engineer: | Robert Bird Group |
| Main Contractor: | Lendlease |
| Website: | onetheelephant.com |
One The Elephant is a residential apartment development, in Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, centred around a 37-storey 124m tall tower. At the base of the tower is an adjoining four-storey L-shaped pavilion containing apartments and commercial units. The development lies immediately adjacent to the Metropolitan Tabernacle and in close proximity to Elephant & Castle tube station.
Planning consent was granted in 2012. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, visited the site as construction began in 2013.[1] The development was completed in summer 2016.
The development comprises 284 studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments with 254 in the tower and 30 in the attached four-storey pavilion.[2] [3]
The building is located on the site of a council-owned leisure centre (that featured a swimming pool (closed for many years), a gym, squash courts and a sports hall). The building contains no affordable housing, with the developer Lendlease making a £3m payment in lieu towards the development of adjacent leisure facility, the Castle Centre.[4] [5] Including that payment, the sale of the land and proceeds from an overage deal, Southwark Council received £22m from the One The Elephant development which more than covered the £20m cost of the new leisure centre.
One The Elephant was awarded Best Residential High-rise Architecture London at the 2016 International Property Awards. The building was also shortlisted for the Best Residential High-rise Architecture UK award.