Mapleton Crescent SW18: A Distinctive Towerv - urbanNext, January 31, 2019. - 330 words.

Designing Matter, High Density, Metropolitan Workshop, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Affordable Housing, Architecture&art, Circulation, City views, Cladding envelop, Collective housing, Colour, Community, Construction, Designing Matter, Façade, Geometry, High-rise, Housing, london, Modular housing, Optimized living, Rooftop, Tower, UK


Photography: Simon Kennedy and Edmund Sumner


Mapleton Crescent SW18 neighbours Wandsworth’s River Wandle and was completed in 2018. This distinctive slender tower is clad in 3 profiles of beautiful turquoise terracotta. Metropolitan Workshop collaborated with local artist Loraine Rutt to develop the special glazing and colour.

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Architecture High-rise-buildings Project Tower London, UK UK