3 Riverlight Quay
Location: London, UK
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Summary
An architectural classic of the future, created by world-renowned architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Riverlight is specifically designed to maximise the sunlight within and optimise the views out. 3 Riverlight features acoustic laminate panels to help minimise noise pollution, prow-like ends and floor to ceiling glazing which aim to let in daylight and maximise views of both the river and the surrounding city, resulting in a design which is both practically and aesthetically sophisticated.
Riverlight Three consists of; 204 apartments, arranged over 14 floors, Thirty-six one bedroom apartments, 112 two bedroom apartments and Seventeen three bedroom apartments.
Glass
Spec 1:
6mm 70/35 optiwhite, toughened, 16mm black warm edge spacer, 6mm clear float, toughened, argon gas filled.
Spec 2:
8.8mm Acoustic 70/35, 16mm black warm edge spacer, 10.8mm Acoustic Laminate, argon gas filled.
Spec 3:
8.8mm Acoustic 70/35, 16mm black warms edge spacer, 13.5mm Clear Acoustic Laminate, argon gas filled
Spec 4 - Spandrels:
6mm float, toughened, 16mm black warm edge spacer bar, 6mm clear float, argon gas filled.
Details
The design achieves a contemporary architectural language that creates its own rhythm, articulation and colouration to define its unique character and relationship to its riverside context, whilst avoiding monolithic frontages and the overshadowing of neighbouring developments.