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Office and retail complex occupying an entire city block alongside St Paul's Cathedral, London
Nick-named the ‘Stealth Bomber’, after the radar-proof combat plane that inspired its faceted form, the building replaces Victor Heal’s 1960 Bank of England complex. The £300 million development consists of three retail floors with 60 shops and four floors containing 35,000m2 of office space, for 3,000 workers, topped by a public roof terrace.
Essential to the design were the maintenance of viewing corridors to St Paul’s and the retention of the site’s public spaces. Huge passageways have been carved into the building establishing routes through the complex and creating a cruciform arcade, allowing pedestrian connections across the site. Views of St Paul’s are opened up at various areas around the site, framed by glass-lined steel-frame cliffs.
The elevation on Cheapside is more than 100m long. It’s façade consists of 4,300 uniquely shaped glass panels, each with a minutely detailed frit. Other materials used in the project include limestone, shiny metals, and mirrors.
The BREEAM Excellent rated building has a strong environmental emphasis with the use of geothermal pumps.
Data
- Begun: Aug 2007
- Completed: Oct 2010
- Floor area: 83,732m2
- Sectors: Retail, Office
- Total cost: £300M
- Procurement: Construction management
- CO2 Emissions: 103kg/m2/year
- Address: One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Sidell Gibson Architects
- Project architects: David Hampton, Sanya Tomic
- Client: Land Securities
- Structural engineer: Arup
- Cost consultant: Davis Langdon
- Lighting consultant: Speirs and Major
- Construction manager: Bovis Lend Lease
- CDM coordinator: Schal
- Acoustic consultant: Hann Tucker
- Facade access consultant: Reef Associates
- Services engineer: Hoare Lea
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