1 Bank Street Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf, London, England · 2012-2014 · Not readily available
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchAchieved a BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating, making it one of the most sustainable buildings of its type in London. - Innovative approach to balance efficiency, sustainability, and structural complexity. - Rotating the core to create three large trading floors and designing two feature interconnecting stairs to encourage interaction.
Key engineering challenges
Building on a site bounded by water on two sides. - Balancing efficiency, sustainability, and structural complexity. - Designing a steel-framed structure atop a triple 16m-deep basement. - Lack of ground space for temporary works solutions.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Canary Wharf Group
- Lead contractor
- Canary Wharf Contractors
- Lead designers
- Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- Height: 477 ft, 700,000 sq ft office space, steel-framed structure, triple 16m-deep basement
- Disciplines
- Architecture; Structural Engineering; Civil Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering
- Standards & frameworks
- BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating; UK Building Regulations (implied)
Sources: https://www.steelconstruction.info/One_Bank_Street,_Canary_Wharf,_London; https://offices.canarywharf.com/one-bank-street/; https://www.kpf.com/project/1-and-5-bank-street; https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1-bank-street/18537; https://www.hilsonmoran.com/projects/one-bank-street/