# Suttons Wharf North. Trespa Meteon rainscreen and Metsec SFS. Bethnal Green, London E2. > Trespa Meteon rainscreen cladding, Metsec SFS and copings for Hollybrook at Suttons Wharf North, the canalside scheme on Palmers Road, Bethnal Green. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the rainscreen, its light-steel backing wall and the copings for main contractor Hollybrook. ![Looking up a Suttons Wharf North tower: dark panelled balcony fronts and soffits framed by buff and white brick, Bethnal Green](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-tower-dark-panelled-balcony-fronts-soffits-fallback.jpg) 01 · Looking up a Suttons Wharf North tower: the team's dark panels line each balcony recess between buff and white brick. A Suttons Wharf North tower seen from its base, two stacks of recessed balconies rising either side of a narrow glazed slot. Dark rainscreen panels, the team's own work, line the balcony recesses and soffits, framed by buff brick on one stack and white brick on the other. ## At a glance - **Package**: Trespa Meteon rainscreen, Metsec SFS and copings - **Main contractor**: Hollybrook - **Location**: Palmers Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 - **Phase**: Phase two, the private blocks - **Years**: 2014 to 2015 The penthouse terraces were clad in October 2015. [Part of: Rainscreen and SFS facade packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## The wall build-up, outside in - Trespa Meteon panels, walls and soffits - Kingspan Kooltherm K15 rainscreen insulation - Tyvek membrane, tapes and EPDM - Versapanel sheathing board - Metsec SFS framing with Rockwool Flexi - Versaseal fire-stopping and copings ![Penthouse terrace under construction with dark soffit and wall panels fixed, foil-faced Kingspan insulation board exposed beside a door, and east London beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-penthouse-terrace-construction-dark-soffit-wall-fallback.jpg) 02 · A penthouse terrace mid-installation: soffit and wall panels on, Kingspan insulation still showing at the door. The roof penthouse level during the team's installation. Dark panels already close the soffit and the wall beside the terrace door, while foil-faced Kingspan Kooltherm board is still exposed where the next panels will go. The Olympic Park sits on the skyline to the east. ## 03 · Soffit panels run the length of a penthouse terrace, the glazing still under protective film. ![Long penthouse terrace with a continuous dark panelled soffit overhead and film-covered glazing on the left](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-long-penthouse-terrace-continuous-dark-panelled-fallback.jpg) One of the roof penthouse terraces, clad by the team: a continuous run of dark soffit panels over the terrace, with the new glazing still wrapped in protective film and the park below. ## 04 · Dark wall panels and the finished soffit along a second terrace, the neighbouring blocks beyond. ![Penthouse terrace with dark full-height wall panels, a panelled soffit above and neighbouring residential blocks and a tower crane beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-penthouse-terrace-dark-full-height-wall-fallback.jpg) A second roof penthouse terrace: full-height dark wall panels and the panelled soffit above them, both the team's work, with the scheme's neighbouring blocks and a tower crane in the background. ## 05 · The top-floor overhang during construction, its soffit closed above a buff-brick parapet. ![Dark top-floor overhang and soffit above a railing and a buff-brick parapet wall, a ladder leaning against the brick](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-upper-level-roofline-and-soffit-fallback.jpg) The roofline of one block during construction, looking up from the terrace below: the deep top-floor overhang and its dark soffit sit above a steel railing and a buff-brick parapet, with a ladder still against the brickwork. The scheme ## A mixed-tenure scheme on a former wharf. Suttons Wharf North replaced a cash-and-carry and timber wharf on Palmers Road, between Meath Gardens and the Regent's Canal, opposite Mile End Park. Hollybrook developed and built it to designs by Burwell Deakins Architects: seven principal blocks on a shared podium over basement parking and an energy centre, each elevation composed as a brick base, middle and top. Its 473 homes divide into 206 affordable homes for One Housing and 267 private homes. Guinness was the client for the final private and market-rent phase. ## 06 · A row of canalside blocks, grey and white panelled bays set between buff brick. ![Row of buff-brick residential blocks with grey and white panelled bays beside the Regent's Canal, narrowboats moored in front and a lawn in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-canalside-residential-development-fallback.jpg) Balconies project from the white faces; the grey panels sit within the buff brick. Suttons Wharf North from across the Regent's Canal: a row of buff-brick blocks with white and grey panelled bays and stacked balconies, narrowboats moored below and parkland in front. ## The panelled bays Panelled bays recur across the completed blocks: grey on the canal towers, light grey on the white-brick towers, dark on the long elevations. ![Residential tower with grey panelled bays and buff brick piers rising above a duckweed-covered canal with a moored barge](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-grey-panelled-tower-by-canal-fallback.jpg) 07 · Grey panelled bays run the full height of a canalside tower. One of the completed towers above the Regent's Canal, grey panelled bays set between buff brick piers, with a moored barge on the duckweed-covered water below. ![Two panelled residential towers under a deep blue sky, narrowboats moored along the canal bank in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-panelled-towers-and-canal-boats-fallback.jpg) 08 · White and grey panelled faces on two towers across the water. Two of the completed towers seen from across the canal, their white and grey panelled faces set against buff brick, with narrowboats moored along the bank. ![Buff-brick tower with a grey panelled bay and glass balconies above a planted canal bank, a vertical Suttons Wharf North sign on the block to the right](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-tower-with-grey-panelled-facade-fallback.jpg) 09 · One white-framed column of grey panels climbs the tower's canal face. A completed tower on the canal edge: buff brick, a white-framed bay of grey panels and glass balconies, with the vertical Suttons Wharf North sign visible on the neighbouring block. ![Close view of a tower with grey panelled bays between buff brick and a white brick face carrying projecting glass balconies](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-grey-panelled-balcony-bays-fallback.jpg) 10 · Grey panels fill the recessed bays behind the glass balconies. Upper floors of a completed tower: a vertical run of grey panelled bays between buff brick, beside a white brick face carrying projecting glass-fronted balconies. ![Two neighbouring residential towers in white and buff brick with light panelled bays and projecting balconies, trees in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-tower-with-light-panelled-elevation-fallback.jpg) 11 · Light grey panelled bays set in a buff column on a white-brick tower. Two neighbouring towers in white and buff brick, light panelled bays and projecting balconies stacked up the nearer one, with street trees in the foreground. ![Long residential elevation in buff brick with dark panelled bays, a dark brick base and a stack of projecting balconies at the corner](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-long-elevation-with-dark-panels-fallback.jpg) 12 · Dark panelled bays along a long elevation, balconies stacked at its corner. A long elevation of the completed scheme: a dark brick base, buff brick floors with dark panelled bays above, and a stack of projecting dark balconies at the corner. ## 13 · Projecting balconies stacked up a tower, their dark panelled cassettes folding at the corner. ![Dark panelled projecting balconies stacked one above another, each folding around a corner, against buff brick and trees](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-projecting-balcony-detail-fallback.jpg) A stack of projecting balconies on a completed tower, each dark panelled cassette folding around the corner of the block against buff brick. ## 14 · A ground-floor entrance in grey brick, dark-framed balconies stacked above. ![Residential entrance door marked 2 in grey brick, with buff brick floors and dark-framed balconies above](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-block-two-entrance-fallback.jpg) A ground-floor entrance marked 2, set in grey brick beneath buff brick upper floors and dark-framed balconies. ## At ground level The scheme from its grounds, the street and the towpath: the Wharf North signage, a canal terrace, balcony undersides and a footbridge. ![Residential blocks with balconies seen through trees and long grass, the words Wharf North running down a dark stair core](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-balconies-behind-planting-fallback.jpg) 15 · The Wharf North name on a dark stair core, seen through the landscaped grounds. Looking through the landscaped grounds towards the blocks, the Wharf North name running down a dark stair core. The scheme provides more than 2,500 m² of communal amenity space. ![Buff-brick block with grey panelled bays and balconies, a tall dark sign reading Wharf North at its corner, bare trees either side](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-warner-house-panelled-elevation-fallback.jpg) 16 · Panelled upper floors of a block beside the tall Wharf North sign. A completed block of buff brick with grey panelled bays and balconies, the tall Wharf North sign rising at its corner. ![Communal terrace with timber benches and planters beside a block with dark balconies, the canal and narrowboats running away to the right](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-canalside-facade-and-terrace-fallback.jpg) 17 · A communal terrace with timber seating at the canal edge. A communal terrace at the canal edge: timber benches and planters beneath a block of buff and white brick with dark balconies, the Regent's Canal and its moored narrowboats running away beside it. ![Street lined with buff and white brick residential blocks with dark projecting balconies, a blue sales hoarding at street level](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-balconies-and-street-elevation-fallback.jpg) 18 · Dark balcony soffits project over a street of buff-brick blocks. A street elevation of buff and white brick residential blocks, their dark projecting balconies stepping along the pavement, with a sales hoarding at street level. ![Dark panelled undersides of projecting glass balconies against buff brickwork, seen from below](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-balcony-soffits-and-brickwork-fallback.jpg) 19 · Balcony undersides finished in dark panels, seen from below. Looking up at projecting balconies: dark panelled soffits and glass balustrades against buff brick and grey panels. ![Canal towpath with a moored narrowboat and a footbridge, residential blocks rising behind the trees](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-regents-canal-and-residential-blocks-fallback.jpg) 20 · A footbridge over the canal towpath, residential blocks behind the trees. The Regent's Canal towpath with a moored narrowboat and a footbridge across the water, residential blocks rising behind the trees. ## 21 · An apartment living space opening onto its balcony, the park below. ![Empty apartment with an oak floor, a white kitchen and full-height glazing opening onto a balcony with trees and the city beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-apartment-interior-and-balcony-fallback.jpg) A finished apartment before occupation: open-plan living space and kitchen, with full-height glazing opening onto a timber-decked balcony above the trees. ## 22 · Full-height glazing frames the City skyline from a finished apartment. ![Apartment living room with dark timber floor and a wall of full-height glazing looking across parkland to the City of London skyline](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-apartment-interior-city-view-fallback.jpg) A finished apartment's living room, its wall of full-height glazing and balcony looking west across the park towards the City of London. ## Before construction Design-stage drawings and visualisations: the blocks set out to keep routes and views open between the two parks and the canal. ![Hand-drawn aerial sketch of rectangular residential blocks with dotted pedestrian routes passing between them](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-aerial-massing-diagram-fallback.jpg) 23 · A massing sketch of the blocks, dotted routes threading between them. A design-stage aerial sketch of the scheme's blocks, with dotted lines tracing the pedestrian routes planned between them. ![Line sketch of residential blocks above a tree-lined canal walkway, a narrowboat on the blue water, titled Park to Canal - The Green Connection](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-park-to-canal-sketch-fallback.jpg) 24 · A sketch of the canal edge, titled Park to Canal: The Green Connection. A design-stage sketch of the canal frontage: blocks set back behind a tree-lined walkway along the water, with a narrowboat on the canal. ![Visualisation of buff residential blocks behind a pond with reeds, trees and timber boardwalks](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-canal-park-visualisation-fallback.jpg) 25 · A visualisation of the blocks rising behind wetland planting and boardwalks. A design-stage visualisation of the scheme's landscape: an ecology pool with wetland planting and boardwalks in front of the blocks. ![Visualisation of residential blocks seen across a park lawn with a large tree and people walking](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-meath-gardens-visualisation-fallback.jpg) 26 · A visualisation of the scheme seen across the lawns of Meath Gardens. A design-stage visualisation looking across Meath Gardens towards the scheme, the blocks rising beyond the lawn. ## The blocks in elevation. Three long blocks and a separate tower in one drawing, their bays repeating floor by floor. ![Line elevation drawing of three long residential blocks and a separate tower, with trees drawn in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green/suttons-wharf-north-bethnal-green-elevation-drawing-fallback.jpg) 27 · Elevation drawing, design stage. A design-stage elevation of part of the scheme: three long blocks and a separate tower drawn in one line, the bays repeating floor by floor, with trees between the buildings. ## Suttons Wharf North, clad to the roofline. Palmers Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 0SF - **Architect**: Burwell Deakins Architects - **Employer's agent**: BPP Construction Consultants - **Engineer**: Max Fordham ## Related projects - [Queensway House. SFS, cladding and render. Redhill.](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/queensway-house-redhill/) ![Street view of Nobel House's curved corner, with copper-toned and grey cladding above a dark brick base, Redhill](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/queensway-house-redhill/queensway-house-redhill-street-nobel-curved-corner-copper-toned-fallback.jpg) Markdown: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/queensway-house-redhill.md - [South Essex College. SFS design and build. Basildon.](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/) ![South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies at dusk, its folded pale cladding and full-height glazing at the building's leading corner](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-dusk-folded-pale-fallback.jpg) Markdown: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/south-essex-college-basildon.md - [The Refinery. SFS and GRC cladding. Silvertown.](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/) ![A Docklands Light Railway train approaching The Refinery's brick-clad tower in West Silvertown, London](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-docklands-light-railway-train-approaching-brick-fallback.jpg) Markdown: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/the-refinery-silvertown.md