OXO Tower
OXO Tower is a building with an advertising tower in London .
location
OXO Tower is located on the south bank of the Thames in London's Southwark at the Barge House Street . It is located between the Royal Festival Hall , National Theater to the west, and Tate Modern and Globe Theaters to the east.
history
The building was built at the end of the 19th century as a power station for the post office. In the 1920s, the meat extracts company OXO acquired the building. After the power station was removed, the building was renovated in 1928/29 by the architect Albert Moore in an Art Deco design and the tower was rebuilt at the owner's request and provided with the vertically arranged letters OXO on each of the four sides, which were illuminated at night. This was in contrast to the existing ban on advertising on the Thames bank in London. The planners interpreted the letters as a cross between two circles that were the subject of the tower design and were successful with it. OXO used the building as a warehouse. In the 1970s the OXO Tower was empty again.
The building was completely renovated by the new owners and reopened in 1996. In 1997 the remarkable renovation won the Royal Fine Art Comission / BSkyB Building of the Year , the RIBA Award for Architecture and the Brick Development Association Award . The Civic Trust Award followed in 1998 and The Waterfront Center USA Honor Award in 2000 .
Shops and showrooms are located on the ground floor. 78 apartments were built between the second and seventh floors . There is a restaurant on the eighth floor that overlooks the Thames and the City of London on the other bank.
Others
- The 2003 Oxo Tower was the location for the British comedy film Actually… Love .
- The restaurant was the filming location for the 2011 comedy film Salmonfischen im Yemen directed by Lasse Hallström
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 29.8 " N , 0 ° 6 ′ 30.8" W.