STATUS
IN CONSTRUCTION
CLIENT
Google UK | Argent Services
TYPOLOGY
Work, Space Planning
SIZE M2/FT2
80,819 / 869,936
SHARE
Centrally located in King’s Cross and adjacent to the city’s largest station, Google’s London headquarters will be its first wholly owned and designed building outside the United States.
Comprising of more than 1 million sq ft, of which Google will occupy 650,000 sq ft, the purpose-built building is being developed from the ground up and will contribute to the Knowledge Quarter and King’s Cross’s growing knowledge-based economy.
The 11-storey building, combined with Google’s current building at 6 Pancras Square and an additional third building, will create a King’s Cross Campus with the potential to house 7,000 Google employees.
BIG’s design for the new ground up building is rooted in the local character of the area, taking advantage of the contextually defined building envelope while creating continuously cascading work environments that will connect Googlers across multiple floors. By opening up the ground floor and activating the roofscape, the light and airy workspaces are sandwiched between the terraced gardens on the roof, and market halls, auditoria and shops on the ground.
"We are excited to be able to bring our London Googlers together in one campus, with a new purpose-built building that we've developed from the ground up. Our offices and facilities play a key part in shaping the Google culture, which is one of the reasons we are known for being amongst the best places to work in the industry."
The project emphasizes sustainability in all aspects of the building’s design as Google works towards a carbon-free future. The kitchens and onsite equipment will be fully electric, which will allow Google to track hourly energy usage and match this with local renewable energy. A system of 13,500 interconnected devices around the office will improve energy efficiency in real time, while solar shading will help regulate the building’s temperature by reducing glare from the sun. Low-carbon, local materials are prioritized in the construction and interior design to reduce the carbon impact of the building by 20%.
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AWARDS
DrivenxDesign London Design Award, 2017
COLLABORATORS
Heatherwick Studios
BDP
Gardiner & Theobald
AKT II
Atelier Ten
Olsson Fire & Risk
Sandy Brown
SWECO
Arup
Gillespies
Mott MacDonald
Eckersley O'Callaghan
ACD
Charcoalblue
SHW
Reef
Sturgis Carbon Profiling
Devin
RWDI
BIM Technologies<br> Inc.
