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OVERVIEW
WICONA has designed a high-performance, unitised facade system incorporating two new door innovations for Newfoundland Tower, the tallest residential tower to be built within the Canary Wharf Estate. The solutions have been developed to perform well in challenging high-rise conditions. The doors used in this project feature unrivalled weather performance, reduced sightlines and are aesthetically pleasing without detracting from the overall design intent of the building.
Newfoundland Tower is the first tall building to be designed by HCL Architects. The slim flattened diamond plan responds to the narrow footprint of its tight site and the diagonal alignment of adjacent streets.
The landmark tower provides 636 apartments and is suitated directly above the Jubilee Line near Westferry Circus at the end of Middle Dock, and the tower's distinctive diamond pattern created by the externally structure, provides lateral stability and is the most efficient way for a tall building to withstand wind forces.
The unitised facade system used for this project was designed as a bespoke solution by the WICONA project engineering team in partnership with our client, Schneider GB Ltd.
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