Sea Containers House

Sea Containers House is located towards the eastern end of London's South Bank cultural area, and is within the London Borough of Southwark. A continuous river-side walkway, actually part of the Thames Path, passes in front of and below the building, and links it with near river-side attractions such as the Festival Hall, the National Theatre, the Tate Modern, the Oxo Tower and the Globe Theatre.

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Sea Containers House was designed by noted American Modernist architect Warren Platner{{Cite web|url=http://arkitexture.com/inspiration/mondrian-london/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116050336/http://arkitexture.com/inspiration/mondrian-london/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 January 2019|title=Mondrian London|website=Arkitexture|accessdate=29 November 2020}} in 1974 as a luxury hotel.{{cite web|url=http://seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk/pages/about%20sea%20containers%20house.html |title=Sea Containers House |publisher=Seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk |date= |accessdate=11 December 2013}} During construction, however, its location near the City of London led to the decision to complete it instead as office space. It opened in 1978 and took its name from the former long-term tenant, Sea Containers.

In Spring 2011, a process began to gain planning permission for an extensive internal and external refurbishment of Sea Containers House. The east and west wings, which face the Thames, remained offices,{{cite web|url=http://seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk/pages/the%20proposals%20offices.html |title=Sea Containers House |publisher=Seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk |date= |accessdate=11 December 2013}} with companies within global communications group WPP moving in February 2016. The south wing was renovated as the Mondrian Hotel London,{{cite web|url=http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/sea-containers-house-set-to-become-mondrian-hotel |title=London's Sea Containers House set to become Mondrian hotel |publisher=Business Traveller |date=26 August 2011 |accessdate=11 December 2013}} which opened on 30 September 2014,{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2014/10/02/take-a-peek-inside-londons-newest-luxury-hotels/|title=Take a peek inside 2 of London's hottest new hotels|first=Jennifer|last=Ceaser|date=2 October 2014|accessdate=29 November 2020}} bringing at least part of the building back to its original intended use.{{cite web|url=http://seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk/pages/the%20proposals%20hotel.html |title=Sea Containers House |publisher=Seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk |date= |accessdate=11 December 2013}} The hotel became independent and was renamed Sea Containers London Hotel on 15 January 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article103516.html|title=Mondrian London Hotel Converts to Sea Containers London}}

In October 2009, three-piece music band Gyratory System released the album The Sound-Board Breathes with a track named "Sea Containers House".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9b9p |title=Music - Review of Gyratory System - The Sound-Board Breathes |publisher=BBC |date=26 October 2009 |accessdate=11 December 2013}}

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• [http://seacontainershouseconsultation.co.uk/ Sea Containers House refurbishment consultation website]

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Category:Office buildings in the London Borough of Southwark

Category:Hotels in the London Borough of Southwark

Category:Office buildings completed in 1978

Category:Hotel buildings completed in 2014

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