The Tree House

by Bell Phillips

Client Lendlease

Award RIBA London Award 2024

The Tree House is a platform, promenade and community facility in the heart of Elephant Park which takes as its focus and inspiration the mature trees that grew between the blocks of the former estate.

The value of these trees was recognised early in the wider masterplan for Elephant and Castle. This project reflects that value through careful conservation and inventive design. The Tree House was envisaged by its architects as a hovering blade around one tree’s trunk. The design engineers, Webb Yates, embraced and enabled this idea in an efficient structural and architectural solution.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Charles Edward

Structural Engineer Webb Yates

Environmental / M&E Engineer Ritchie + Daffin

Project Management Lendlease

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Gardiner

Gross internal area in m² 134.5