What is One Blackfriars?
[[File:One Blackfriars, The Shard and South Bank Tower - from Waterloo Bridge - 2019-01-04 - Afternoon.jpg|thumb|One Blackfriars (left) with [[The Shard]] (centre), and [[South Bank Tower]] (right) from [[Waterloo Bridge]].]] '''One Blackfriars''' is a [[skyscraper]] in [[London]] located at No. 1 [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]] Road in [[Bankside]]. It has 52 floors and 274 [[Apartment|apartments]], a hotel and retail shops.<ref>{{Cite web|title=One Blackfriars {{!}} New Apartments in Southwark {{!}} St George|url=https://www.berkeleygroup.co.uk/developments/london/southwark/one-blackfriars|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Berkeley Group|language=en}}</ref> The building is {{convert|170|m}} tall. It is also known as '''The Vase''' or '''The Boomerang''' due to its shape.<ref>{{Cite news|last=White|first=Anna|date=2016-11-19|title=One Blackfriars: an exclusive look inside the Vase, London's newest skyscraper|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy/one-blackfriars-an-exclusive-look-inside-the-vase-londons-newest/|access-date=2020-12-27|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-12|title=The Boomerang, London's Newest Oddly Named Skyscraper, Rising High|url=https://londonist.com/2016/04/the-boomerang-london-s-newest-oddly-named-skyscraper-rising-high|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Londonist|language=en}}</ref> == Design == The shape was inspired by the shape of glass vase Lansetti designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lansetti II|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488926|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-27|website=metmuseum.org}}</ref> == Construction == [[Construction]] of the tower started in 2013. It includes 13 studio houses, 78 one bedroom houses, 120 two bedroom houses, 56 three bedroom houses, 6 four bedroom houses and 1 three apartment house. The tower was finished in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=One Blackfriars - The Skyscraper Center|url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-blackf