Strata (building)
| Strata SE1 | |
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View of the Strata, taken from the Monument
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residential |
| Location |
Southwark London, SE1 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′34″N 0°05′59″W / 51.49278°N 0.09972°WCoordinates: 51°29′34″N 0°05′59″W / 51.49278°N 0.09972°W |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Completed | 2010 |
| Cost | over £113 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 148 m (486 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 43 |
| Floor area | 306,000 sq ft (28,400 m2) GEA / 255,000 sq ft (23,700 m2) NIA |
| Lifts/elevators | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | BFLS |
| Developer | Brookfield Europe |
| Structural engineer | WSP — Structural, M&E Engineer, Acoustic Consultants and Fire Engineer |
| Main contractor | Brookfield Multiplex |
Strata SE1, nicknamed "Razor" or "Electric Razor", is a 148-metre (486 ft), 43-storey building at Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark in London. Designed by BFLS (formerly Hamiltons), it is one of the tallest residential buildings in London and more than 1,000 residents live in its 408 flats.
Strata SE1 is located on the site of Castle House, an early 1960s six-storey office building, which was the first commercial premises at the newly rebuilt Elephant and Castle. When completed, Castle House was warmly received. The Architects’ Journal in August 1962 found "little to criticise and much to praise and until New Zealand House is completed it is possibly one of the best examples for anyone wanting to look at a good office block in London."
25% of the building's flats have been sold by Family Mosaic Housing Association for shared-ownership sale. These consist of the "Esprit Apartments" — located on floors 2–10 of the tower — and a further nine flats in the adjacent "Pavilion", a three-storey structure located to the west of the tower and earmarked for former residents of the nearby Heygate Estate.
Each floor of the affordable area comprises 10 flats (equally divided between one and two-bedroom flats), while each floor above the 10th floor contains 11 flats in a mixture of studios, one-bedroom flats, two-bedroom flats, and three-bedroom flats to a total of 310 units.
Only the open-market flats have access to car-parking (in the basement of the building). The 39th floor features a "Sky Lobby" (a small corridor with a view over central London), while the living area is topped by a £2.5m three-bedroom duplex penthouse. The ground floor comprises two commercial units. A third one is located in the Pavilion, along with a "kiosk". All three remain unoccupied.
The top of the building features three wind turbines.
The building has its own extranet site, named "inhabit".
The one-level basement of the building contains a secure car park and 437 bicycle storage places.
The building features prominently in the science-fiction novel, Ice Diaries, by Lexi Revillian.
The current tower was first proposed in 2005; construction began in 2007 and was completed in June 2010. The cost is estimated at £113.5 million. The building was 'topped out' in June 2009. Attended the topping out ceremony were over 70 senior members of London’s business community including Sir Simon Milton, Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, Cllr Nick Stanton, Leader of Southwark Council and then MP for North Southwark and Bermondsey, Simon Hughes. The turbines were installed in May 2010.
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