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The NV
Buildings
  Designed by the
architectural practice of Broadway Malyan the NV
Buildings were completed in 2004. Broadway
Malyan describe the development as follows: "The scheme as a whole
is arranged as three almost identical buildings,
appearing from the east and west as 'sail'
sculptures, echoing the area's maritime
history."
 An article in the
Telegraph in 2003 said this of the NV ("envy")
buildings: "So the developer,
Countryside Properties, teamed up with the US
computer giant Hewlett Packard to install an
electronic servant known as the "Home Slave" in
each of the 240 apartments. Through the
communal Intranet, residents can connect up to a
24-hour concierge service which includes car
cleaning, laundry service and newspaper
delivery; you can even e-mail the concierge
asking that he lets the daily in. It also links
up all the residents, with the aim of creating a
proper community."
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