Standing head and shoulders above any other residential development in London, Pan Peninsula is a fine example of how inspired thinking can rise to the occasion. Until it was built, a vital element had been missing in London development: true, high-rise residential accommodation of exceptional quality. With no proper tradition of such buildings in Britain to draw on, we had to look further afield – to North America and South East Asia – for the right kind of inspiration. Pan Peninsula is the result. Incorporating 762 luxury apartments in two towers rising to 40 and 50 storeys, with facilities including an opulent cinema, a health and fitness complex and a penthouse level cocktail bar, it completes and complements Canary Wharf in every sense, both as a spectacular building and as an outstanding London landmark in its own right.