This collection of gas holders sits beside the Regent's Canal on former industrial/railway land behind King's Cross railway station.  Built in 1867 they were revamped in 1880 to be telescopic. 



150 years later they have been repurposed and converted into stylish residential properties.  The complex's website describes the development as, "... anything but ordinary; it piques the curiosity of all who see it. ..... Most of its 145 residences have generous private balconies or terraces with views across the capital. Full height triple-glazing emphasises this panoramic living alongside folding, perforated screens peppered across the façade for privacy and protection from the sun."

The architect's website explains that their design won a competition in 2002.  It, "... proposed three drums of accommodation at differing heights to suggest the movement of the original gasholders, which would have risen up or down depending on the pressure of the gas within."

"The cladding is composed of modular vertical panels of steel and glass textured with a veil of shutters which can be opened or closed at a touch of a button, to give shade and privacy to the occupants."

"A fourth, virtual drum shape, located at the centre forms an open courtyard, celebrating the conglomeration of the cast iron structures at their point of intersection."