Kinetica E8 by Telford Homes and architects Waugh Thistleton, is my favorite new building in Hackney at the moment.
It is exciting to see its wind turbines which climb up from the 6th to 13th floor of this 14 floor building, whizz round in the east London breezes (to the left in the photo). The wind of change is really coming to Hackney, as Dalston Junction finally gets connected to the tube (London Underground network) and the 2012 Olympic infrastructure takes shape to its East.
Brown and Green sections of its roof encourage birds and wildlife but it is by no means a perfect building. I like the art deco feel to its ‘Flatiron’ building inspired edges, but the tiled curves should have had custom made tiles for a perfect rather than pixilated effect. Ok tilled pixilation could be exciting if it looks considered and deliberate, but this does not.
Also the building does not shine from every angle but it definitely beats your average neat collection of children’s building blocks chosen as good design by most developers.
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