The Crystal, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Wilkinson Eyre, 2013. Partial view of east elevation with cable cars in backgrou

---

The Crystal is a building on Royal Victoria Dock in east London that contains a permanent exhibition about sustainable development. It is owned and operated by Siemens. It is part of the Green Enterprise District policy that covers much of East London. The site is over 6,300 square metres in size. Using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy, it has set a high benchmark for sustainability. The building is the first to achieve the highest sustainable building accolades from the world’s two leading accreditation bodies, LEED and BREEAM, Platinum and Outstanding respectively.

---

Size: 5017px × 3343px
Location:
Photo credit: © Matt Clayton-VIEW / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2013, 21st, angular, architect, architecture, blue, cable, car, centre, century, commercial, conference, contrast, corporate, crystal, crystalline, day, dock, docklands, e16, east, europe, exterior, eyre, flyover, general, green, image, infrastructurellar, issues, jagged, kingdom, landscaped, lawn, london, metropolitan, pillar, pointy, royal, series, showcase, siemens, sky, sustainability, united, victoria, view, wilkinson