modern architecture london
modern architecture london

Barking Central

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, 2007-10
Housing / mixed use | Town Square, IG11
Photos taken September 2012.

This large scale regeneration project was built in two phases.

Phase one, completed in 2007 consists of:
  • A U-shaped block of flats above a colonnade of v-shaped props. The Barking Learning Centre is at ground level.

Phase two, completed in 2010, comprises five more buildings:
  • Three residential blocks.
  • A 66-bed hotel and a bicycle shed for 250 bikes.
  • The Lemonade Building, which is the tallest of the residential towers at 17 storeys.