When was oxo tower built

Four sets of three vertically-aligned 10 foot windows, two circular and one in the shape of a cross were built into the tower. With light shining through them from inside the, the word OXO was emblazon across the Thames, so getting around the advertising ban.

Much of the second floor can be hired out for events and weddings. It was originally a thirty-storey structure metres ft high and was completed in ,[5] designed by the architect Richard Seifert and built by John Laing. In recent years, the tower has undergone extensive redevelopment and a height increase. The tower is similar in design to Tower 42, which was designed by the same architect. One Blackfriars is a mixed-use development under construction at No. It is informally known as The Vase due its shape.

Why not visit. London Eye. February 10th, by Tom Harrow-Smith. South Bank Stories: All About Oxo - Digging up the story of a South Bank icon You may know it for the award-winning restaurant or its hive of independent design-based shops and studios. The tower in complete with original Oxo branding. Did You Know? In December , when Oxo Tower was still functioning as a cold meat store, it was the target of armed robbers, who according to a newspaper clipping from the time, made off with boxes of Turkeys.

You can visit the viewing platform for free for fantastic views of that stretch of the River Thames. The first act of CSCB was to close the heliport, bringing peace back to the riverside! In an arcaded riverside walkway was opened followed by contracts to demolish part of the building to allow light into the proposed new flats and to repair the basic structure.

Between and , a contract was let to fit out the riverside building and a central courtyard. Oxo Tower Wharf was opened to the public in The ground, first and second floors are home to over 30 retail design studios, specialist shops and a restaurant with breathtaking river views.