# The Refinery. SFS and GRC cladding. West Silvertown, London E16. > SFS framing and GRC cladding for Hollybrook at The Refinery, a 76-home development beside the live DLR viaduct in West Silvertown. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a facade subcontract package of SFS framing and GRC cladding scope at The Refinery, a 76-home development for Southern Housing Group beside the Docklands Light Railway in West 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) 01 · The completed development beside the Docklands Light Railway viaduct in West Silvertown. 76 homes · completed 2019 The Refinery, a 76-home development at 1 Knights Road, West Silvertown, seen beside the Docklands Light Railway as it approaches Royal Docks. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a facade subcontract package of SFS framing and GRC cladding scope on the reinforced-concrete tower, developed by Hollybrook for Southern Housing Group to a design by Stockwool, and completed in 2019. ## The SFS and GRC cladding package - **Package**: SFS framing & GRC cladding - **Address**: 1 Knights Road, West Silvertown - **Client**: Southern Housing Group - **Main contractor**: Hollybrook - **Completed**: 2019 The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a facade subcontract package of SFS framing and GRC cladding scope at The Refinery, 1 Knights Road, working within Hollybrook's wider development of 76 homes for Southern Housing Group. The site sits beside an operational Docklands Light Railway viaduct, with construction logistics agreed under Transport for London requirements. Stockwool was the architect and Barrett Mahony the civil and structural engineer; the scheme was completed in 2019. [Part of: Facade packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## 02 · Built beside a live Docklands Light Railway viaduct. Construction ran under an operating DLR line into Royal Docks, with demolition, temporary works and site logistics agreed under Transport for London's infrastructure-protection requirements. ![The Refinery's brick tower seen from street level beneath the Docklands Light Railway viaduct in West Silvertown](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-brick-tower-street-level-beneath-docklands-fallback.jpg) The Refinery's tower seen from street level, the elevated Docklands Light Railway viaduct passing directly beside the site. The DLR remained operational throughout construction, and Transport for London set requirements for demolition, temporary works and site logistics this close to a live railway. ## 03 · Rooftop plant and solar panels above the lower block’s communal roof garden. ![Aerial view of The Refinery’s brick tower with rooftop solar panels, beside a lower block with a landscaped roof garden](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-aerial-brick-tower-rooftop-solar-panels-fallback.jpg) The Refinery seen from above: the tower's rooftop plant and photovoltaic panels sit above the lower five-storey block, its own roof laid out as a communal garden. A Docklands Light Railway train passes on the viaduct below, between the site and the surrounding Silvertown streets. ## 04 · The Docklands Light Railway curving past the site towards Royal Docks. ![The Refinery’s tower seen from beside the elevated Docklands Light Railway as it curves towards Royal Docks](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-tower-elevated-docklands-light-railway-curves-fallback.jpg) The Refinery seen from beside the elevated Docklands Light Railway as the line curves towards Royal Docks, with the wider London skyline visible beyond the viaduct. The wider scheme ## 76 homes on a former industrial site in the Royal Docks. The Refinery replaced a vacant industrial warehouse on a 0.212-hectare site with 76 homes for Southern Housing Group, sixty of them marketed for Shared Ownership, as part of the wider regeneration of West Silvertown and the Royal Docks. The scheme's energy strategy included rooftop photovoltaic panels, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and a communal heat network, with provision for a future connection to the Royal Docks district heating network. A below-ground attenuation tank and raised ground-floor levels were designed to manage the site's Flood Zone 3a location. The Refinery's show home, styled around West Silvertown's industrial heritage in metal finishes and leather detailing, was Highly Commended in the Best Show Home category at the 2020 First Time Buyer Readers' Awards. The recognition was for Southern Home Ownership's show home, not for the team's facade package. ## 05 · The tower’s brick and stone base, with ground-floor commercial units at street level. ![Street-level view of The Refinery’s brick and stone tower base, with ground-floor commercial units and steel bollards](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-street-level-brick-stone-tower-base-fallback.jpg) The Refinery's tower seen from street level, its brick upper storeys sitting on a stone-clad ground floor with commercial units, resident entrances and cycle access behind a line of steel bollards. ## 06 · Brick and stone detailing where the tower steps down to meet the lower block. ![Close view of brick and stone facade detailing where The Refinery’s tower meets its lower five-storey block](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-brick-stone-facade-detailing-tower-meets-fallback.jpg) A closer view of The Refinery's facade, showing the brick and stone treatment and private balconies where the twelve-storey tower steps down to meet the development's lower five-storey block. ## Landscaped podium and communal garden The development's landscaped podium gives residents shared outdoor space above the reinforced-concrete frame, including a children's play area overlooked by balconies on the lower block. ![The Refinery's landscaped podium garden, with a timber-and-turf play area overlooked by residents' balconies](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-landscaped-podium-garden-timber-turf-play-fallback.jpg) 07 · The landscaped podium garden, with a children's play area overlooked by residents' balconies. The development's landscaped podium garden, laid out with lawn, planting and a timber-themed children's play area, overlooked by residents' balconies on the lower block. ![Closer view of The Refinery's podium garden lawn and timber play area, balconies rising above](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-refinery-silvertown/the-refinery-silvertown-closer-podium-garden-lawn-timber-play-fallback.jpg) 08 · A closer view of the same podium garden and its play area. A second view of the podium garden, showing the turf play surface, timber play equipment and balconies of the lower block rising above the lawn. ## The Refinery, complete in West Silvertown. 1 Knights Road, West Silvertown, London E16 - **Architect**: Stockwool - **Civil & structural engineer**: Barrett Mahony - **Planning consultant**: Rolfe Judd - **Team on site**: 2018–2019 ## Related projects - [Carnarvon Road. Rainscreen cladding. 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