Royal Victoria Square is a square adjoining the
ExCel Exhibition Centre
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the Roy ...
in
Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.
History
Although, the structure was in place in the year 1850, it was opened in 1855, on a previously uninhabit ...
in the
Docklands area of
East London
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
. It was designed by Patel Taylor Architects
and engineered by Aspen Burrow Crocker.
The square was completed in 2001, at a cost of £3.5 million.
It received the Landscape Institute Design Award in 2004.
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.
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.
Gallery
See also
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Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.
History
Although, the structure was in place in the year 1850, it was opened in 1855, on a previously uninhabit ...
References
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Newham