Royal Victoria Square
Royal Victoria Square is a square adjoining the ExCel Exhibition Centre in Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of East London. It was designed by Patel Taylor Architects[1] and engineered by Aspen Burrow Crocker.[2]
The square was completed in 2001, at a cost of £3.5 million.[3][2] It received the Landscape Institute Design Award in 2004.[1][4] A distinctive feature of the square are two elongated canopies cantilevered from black precast-concrete fins, with names punched through the canopy of the trading cities and ships that used to visit the nearby dock.[5]
The square also features the sculpture 'Landed' by Les Johnson on its eastern end. It was unveiled in 2009 at a cost of over £250,000.[6]
Gallery
[edit]Royal Victoria Square
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Canopy F at Royal Victoria Square (2020) -
Kingston cutout on Canopy F (2020) -
Landed by Les Johnson -
Freemantle cutout on Canopy F (2020)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Royal Victoria Square". www.pateltaylor.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ a b "Royal Victoria Square". Architects Journal. January 11, 2001. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ "Royal Victoria Square, London". landscape architect's pages. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ "Allen Scott Ltd. Landscape Design". www.allenscott.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Garmory, Nicola; Tennant, Rachel (2006-08-11). Spaced Out. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-36559-1.
- ^ "London Public Art – Landed by Les Johnson". www.ianvisits.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-27.