Cascades Tower is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the
Isle of Dogs in East London.[1] It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the celebrated architectural firm
CZWG, and built in 1987–88.[2][3]
The building has a concrete frame with details inspired by riverside industry and nautical themes. It has 168 residential units.[4]
Overlooking River Thames, Cascades Tower is on 4 Westferry Road,
Canary Wharf, E14 8JL. It stands on land just south of the old western entrance to South Dock of the original
West India Docks.[5]
The total height of the building structure is 194 feet (59 m). Cascade Tower was the first private high-rise housing development undertaken by The
London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to regenerate the depressed east
London Docklands area.[6] It was completed at a time “when high rise was still a discredited building form for residential purposes, and two or three storeys was the norm”.[7][8] The building is an exemplary architecture project of British Post-Modernism style.[9]
Cascades was the Winner of Architectural Brickwork Award in 1989,[10] and
Grade II listed building in 2018.[11][12]
Gallery
Cascades Tower taken from the Britannic Hotel, Marsh Wall. September 2004.
September 2009.
March 2012.
Cascades and
Canary Wharf viewed from River Thames. August 2013.