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Oxo Tower London Restaurant

Historic River Thames Building Renewal: English Architecture design by Lifschutz Davidson Architects

page updated 27 Jun 2014

Oxo Tower London

Address: Barge House St, South Bank, London, United Kingdom

Oxo Tower refurbishment

Architects: Lifschutz Davidson Architects (now LDS)

Sea Container Building & Oxo Tower, River Thames, central London
Sea Container Building Oxo Tower, River Thames London
photograph © Nick Weall

Restaurant, Bar & Brasserie with retail at ground floor, located on the south bank of the River Thames in the centre of the UK capital city.

Sea Container Building River Thames London
photograph © Nick Weall

Sea Container Building Oxo Tower, River Thames, central London
photo © Nick Weall

Sea Container Building London River Thames
photo © Nick Weall

The building was originally constructed as a power station to supply electricity to the Royal Mail post office, built towards the end of the 19th century (official date unknown). It was subsequently acquired by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company in the 1920s (official date unknown) manufacturers of Oxo beef stock cubes, for conversion into a cold store.

View from behind the building, looking north:
Oxo Tower Building
photograph © Nick Weall

The building was largely rebuilt to an Art Deco design by company architect Albert Moore between 1928 and 1929. Much of the original power station was demolished, but the river facing facade was retained and extended. Liebig wanted to include a tower featuring illuminated signs advertising the name of their product.

Oxo Tower Oxo Tower London Oxo Tower refurbishment
building photographs © Adrian Welch May 2007

Oxo Tower redevelopment design : Lifschutz Davidson Architects (LDS)

Coin Street housing, central – south London
Architects: Lifschutz Davidson Architects

Coin Street housing
photo © Adrian Welch

London Oxo Tower
photo © Adrian Welch

This building on the River Thames was developed by the Harvey Nichols Group

Phone: +44 20 7021 1600

Location: Barge House St, South Bank, London, SE1 9PH, England, UK

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Buildings at former London Television Centre site, 72 Upper Ground
Design: Make Architects
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image courtesy of Coin Street Community Builders
London Television Centre Site Redevelopment, South Bank

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Design: West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
Bernie Spain Gardens Renewal, South Bank
image courtesy of West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
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Key Projects by the architecture practice along the River Thames:

Golden Jubilee Bridge, over the River Thames
Design: Lifschutz Davidson Architects
Golden Jubilee Bridge
photo © Nick Weall
Golden Jubilee Bridge

OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar & Brasserie

River Thames Buildings
River Thames buildings
photo © Adrian Welch
River Thames Buildings

London Garden Bridge
Garden Bridge across the River Thames
image courtesy of architects
Garden Bridge across the River Thames

OXO Tower Harvey Nichols

Morden Wharf, Greenwich Peninsula, south east London
Design: OMA
Morden Wharf Greenwich Peninsula
image : Pixelflakes
Morden Wharf Development

Photographs taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01 lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816×2112 pixels – original photos available upon request: info(at)e-architect.com

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