Whitehouse Apartments, an Overview
Designed by Sir Howard Robertson & built Between 1957 and 1962 for the Royal Dutch Shell group of oil companies.
The current Shell Centre comprises the tower building and three adjoining nine-storey wings (collectively formerly known as the “Upstream Building”). The original development also included a separate building known as the “Downstream Building”, which was separated from the Upstream Building by the railway viaduct between Charing Cross and Waterloo East.
The Downstream Building was disposed of by Shell in the 1990s and is now a block of Luxury residential apartments known as the Whitehouse, and has been heightened by a storey.
Whitehouse Apartments is surrounded by an array of cafes, bars and restaurants Offering an impressive list of neighbouring buildings , including The Royal Festival Hall, The Hayward Gallery, The Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall and London’s famous 3D cinema, The Imax.