Ontario Tower

Ontario Tower
General information
Status Complete
Type Residential
Location London, E14
United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°30′24″N 0°00′17″W / 51.5067°N 0.00469°W / 51.5067; -0.00469Coordinates: 51°30′24″N 0°00′17″W / 51.5067°N 0.00469°W / 51.5067; -0.00469
Opening 2007
Height
Roof 104 m (341 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 29
Lifts/elevators 3
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer Ballymore Group

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

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. The Ontario Tower is a distinctive landmark of the Tower Hamlets skyline with its sloping roof[1] and blue LED-rimmed elliptical profile.[2]

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.[3] It was joined in 2016 by its taller neighbour Providence Tower on an adjacent site.

References

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