Cascades is a 20-storey residential building and a distinctive local landmark on the Isle of Dogs in Millwall, east London. 'Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of housing developments', in Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, ed. Hermione Hobhouse (London, 1994), pp. 697–702. British History Online. Retrieved 11 February 2023. It was designed by Rex Wilkinson, a partner in the architectural firm CZWG, and built in 1987–88.National Heritage List: Slough trading estate among new additions. BBC News, 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.Listed postmodern buildings – in pictures. The Guardian, 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
The building has a concrete frame with details inspired by riverside industry and nautical themes. It has 168 residential units.Cascades CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
Overlooking the River Thames on Westferry Road, it stands on land just south of the old western entrance to South Dock of the original West India Docks.Former West Entrance Lock to South Dock, West India Docks, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
The total height of the building structure is . Cascades was the first private high-rise housing development approved by The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to regenerate the depressed east London Docklands area.Cascades Tower adrianprockter, 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2023. It was built by The Kentish Property Group and completed at a time "when high rise was still a discredited building form for residential purposes, and two or three storeys was the norm". Cascades, CZWG Listed Buildings Cascades, CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023. Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of housing developments Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. British History Online. Retrieved 11 February 2023. The building is an exemplary architecture project of British Post-Modernism style.Cascades, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
Cascades was the Winner of Architectural Brickwork Award in 1989,Cascades CZWG Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2023. and Grade II listed building in 2018.Cascades, A Grade II Listed Building in Canary Wharf, London British Listed Buildings, History in Structure. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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External links Postmodernism in London | Touring a two bed in Cascades Tower YouTube. Retrieved 11 February 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdC5XyCqbI ‘‘East Side Story: Contrasting Views of London Docklands’’ (’‘Forty Minutes’’, BBC, 1987) on BBC Archive’s YouTube channel