Albion Riverside, in

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, is a

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located between Albert Bridge and

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on the River Thames. Completed in 2003 for client

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Property, it was designed by

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in a

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style to include an unusual asymmetrical crescent plan for the primary building with two independent rectilinear blocks to the west. The architect's own office, built in 1990, is immediately alongside to the east.

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Housing estates in the London Borough of Wandsworth {{London-struct-stub