Pan Peninsula Development, London

The Pan Peninsula Development located in Docklands London comprises of two high rise residential apartment towers of 50 and 41 storeys (Tower 1 and Tower 2 respectively, shown in Fig. 1) which reach a maximum height of 150m above street level. The development, designed by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for developer Ballymore, includes a two storey deep basement, landscaped first floor podium and a curved eight storey retail/services building. The site’s unusual shape and size required innovative structural design and construction techniques to make it a viable and sustainable investment. The developer required maximum gross floor area on the site to make it profitable. The site’s location within close proximity to City Airport meant that the buildings had to comply with height restrictions set by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).