Once used as King Henry VIII's Royal Naval Dockyard, Convoys Wharf at Deptford later served as a cattle market and then a wartime supply depot. Many of the Tudor, Stuart, Georgian and Victorian buildings survived until 1955 but were then demolished. The 16 hectare site was bought by newsprint importer, Convoys, in 1984.

Now the brownfield site, which occupies half of Lewisham's riverfront, is to be transformed into a residential, commercial and creative business centre and is expected to be a significant catalyst for the area's planned regeneration.

Key considerations in the masterplan design are to maintain eight hectares as a designated wharf, provide 3,000 residential units at an appropriate density to integrate into the established urban pattern, enhance riverside urban public space, encourage wildlife preservation on the waterfront, conserve historic elements, and link up public space to create green corridors.

Three residential towers, 26, 32 and 40 storeys high, punctuate the site, marking three main routes into its centre. These deliberately change the skyline and signify a new public destination.

A number of parcels are to be developed in stages over time, according to market demand, yet the masterplan is sufficiently robust to allow adaptations to be made as future circumstances may dictate.

Date: 2002 - current