Aldgate Place

Three residential towers, a hotel, office and commercial space, are grouped on a compact site opposite Aldgate East Station just beyond the eastern edge of London’s Square Mile. Over time, a changing street pattern had resulted in this site becoming an unappealing island at a busy junction, with various proposals for developments put forward and then abandoned. Our design addresses this insularity, opening a new pedestrian route that cuts diagonally across the plot, framed by the three towers, each kite-shaped in plan. The buildings’ materiality responds to the largely brick character of the neighbouring Whitechapel Conservation Area.