The Highwood, West Grove North

Rob Parrish

Located on Walworth Road, The Highwood plays a key role as the tallest building on the Elephant Park masterplan, marking the entrance to this new piece of city.

Londons Tall Buildings Survey 2021

The Highwood is the tallest building on the Elephant Park masterplan. The facade is composed of anodised aluminium fins and bronze panels. A super order of horizontal bands is denser at the base and increasing in scale aligned Fibonacci sequence, culminating in an open framed crown. The Highwood plugs in to the CHP district heating system used by Elephant Park, with low NOx emissions to aid pollution prevention. Climate change mitigation is achieved through a significant reduction of regulated CO2 emissions, 40 per cent. All apartments achieve CfSH level 4. The building uses robust materials with a design life of 60 years.
Height: 104m
Number of storeys: 31

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Southwark

Size

20153 sq m

Estimated completion

August 2019

Location

35 Heygate St, London SE17 1AZ, UK

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