Apparently known among London's taxi drivers as "The Sardine Tin", 125 Park Road is an early project and former home of Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw.  The architects applied the sort of design common in office buildings to a residential tower.  The building had a central core and no load bearing interior walls allowing for a great deal of flexibility on the configuration of the flats. Another unusual feature that contributing to its nickname, was the fact that the building was clad in corrugated anodized aluminium.  Apparently built for £227,000, this Grade II listed building contains a two-bedroomed apartments that was advertised in March of 2014 for £1.2million.

The building's website says of it that, " 125 Park Road is an iconic building, not only in architectural terms as a Grade II listed structure, but also in its history as a Housing Corporation run scheme and as a community that has been, and continues to be, much loved by its residents."

The comments regarding its listed status say that, " No. 125 Park Road is in the vanguard of an alternative approach to flexibility, services and new technology, which was of fascination to both partners and which went on to become known as 'High-Tech', the British movement which has earned international renown. It was the pair's first major new building, combining the interest of a building type (the Housing Association flat) which was still novel with a minimal approach to architecture that manifested itself in simple, cheap finishes and crisp proportions.  ....


.... (The building contains) two one-bedroom and two two-bedroom flats per floor, with four duplex penthouse flats and caretaker's flat, making 41 in all on eleven floors. The building was designed to be as flexible as possible, with no structure between core and perimeter and continuous perimeter glazing to allow flexibility of division. The large core was designed so that services could be upgraded readily."