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Office plans revived

US bank shortlists architects

Contractor tipped

Contractors battle it out

Consent for Spitalfields scheme

City development opportunity

Grand Designers: Top 10 Architects: Central London Offices 2000 - 2020

City demolition consent

City scheme tipped

Docklands application

Demolition start in EC3

City scheme green light

Refurbishment mooted in EC2

Re-design for EC4 scheme

Victoria scheme tenders

Delay for Spitalfields tower

Offices for Kings Cross

Revised application for EC4 scheme

Demolition start in EC4

Walbrook underway

Application for new City scheme

Hammeron application

Walbrook Square rumour

Spitalfields plans

Consent for major EC4 scheme

Major pre-let for SE1

Planned City office scheme for sale

Preparation for More London building

Application for huge City scheme

Hammerson revive 1m sq ft City scheme

Contractor tipped in EC4

Summer start for EC4 groundscraper

Walbrook scheme scheduled for 2007

Great Portland Estates about to exchange

Willis wants more

Hammerson buys-up Moorhouse development

Selfridges delay £300m W1 scheme

Bovis favourite for 51 Lime Street, EC3

Moor House is 'topped-out'

Moor House aiming for late 2004

British Land to build speculatively

DIFA choose KPF for Bishopsgate

Stanhope to develop 10 Blackfriars Road

Tower Place officially opened

Derwent gears-up for EC1 refurb

Spitalfields scheme approved

City gives thumbs up to new tower

Hand over at the GLA

Underdog's sterling work takes the Stirling Prize

Skycraper exhibition to tour US

Revised scheme for 1 London Wall submitted

Foster skyscraper clears planning

Demolition start at Bowring Tower complex

Southwark Land Regeneration win Elephant

J&H Marsh & McLennan still to decide on developer

Selfridges Tower planned

Greycoat and Henderson to redevelop Moor House

Baltic Exchange saga continues

Baltic Exchange seeks judicial review

Stanhope said to be bidding with British Land for Tower Place

Minerva wins permission for The Walbrook

CABE praises Minerva scheme

Developers shortlisted for Bowring Tower

Top Architects 2000 - 2020

Over the last decade CityOffices.net has monitored office developments in central London. Our knowledge of past and future projects, and the development teams involved, allows us to provide a profile of the key market players.

This analysis of the Top Architects in London is based on office developments completed in the last 10 year and any under construction. The future ‘view’ on projects is based on our research into schemes with planning permission or at the pre planning stage.

The total amount of office space completed in central London over the last 10 years amounts to nearly 6.1m sq m (66m sq ft), with about 372,000 sq m (4m sq ft) currently under construction. This gives an average build rate of 585,280 sq m (6.3m sq ft) of new office space a year in central London.

Future potential office projects, where architects are appointed, amount to around 6.5m sq m (70m sq ft), certainly enough space for the next 10 years.


The Last Decade

The Top 10 Architects for office space built over the last 10 years have created about 3.3m sq m (36m sq ft) of new buildings. The clear leader is Foster + Partners with about 800,000 sq m (8.6m sq ft), or 24% market share, followed by KPF with 490,000 sq m (5.2m sq ft), or (14%).

The mid ranking is fairly close run between SOM, Sheppard Robson, Pelli Clarke Pelli and HOK, with an average of around 320,000 sq m (3.4m sq ft) of developments.

The last four architect places in the ranking account for around 180,000 sq m (2m sq ft) of projects each, and the position of these firms in future ranking could be threatened by rivals over the next few years.


Top Architects (London) 2000 - 2010 (Built Office Space)

1 Foster + Partners (24%)
2 Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) (14%)
3 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) (11%)
4 Sheppard Robson (11%)
5 Pelli Clarke Pelli (10%)
6 HOK (8%)
7 Sidell Gibson (6%)
8 Rolfe Judd (6%)
9 EPR (5%)
10 Fletcher Priest (5%)



The Future!

The analysis of future office projects in central London shows the changing fortunes of firms. Although it must be said that until developments actually start on site architects can, and do, get changed!

On future office projects we are looking at nearly 3m sq m (30m sq ft) over the next property cycle (or two), so 2011 and beyond.

The ranking shows those firms set to lead design into the next decade.


Top 10 London Architects (London) - Future Office Buildings

1 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (16%)
2 Pelli Clarke Pelli (14%)
3 Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) (14%)
4 Foster + Partners (13%)
5 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) (11%)
6 MAKE Architects (9%)
7 Wilkinson Eyre (8%)
8 Foreign Office Architects (FOA) (5%)
9 Allies & Morrison (5%)
10 Sheppard Robson (5%)


Interestingly Rogers Stirk Harbour comes in at No1 in the ranking having been absent from the ‘past’ ranking. The firm’s 450,000 sq m (5m sq ft), or 16% of ‘future’ market share, is based around some major Docklands projects.

The next four places in the ranking (2-5) sees a reshuffle of firms from the ‘past’ ranking, reflecting the positions held over the last 10 years.

The lower end of the ‘future’ ranking is mostly newcomers to the Top 10. MAKE Architects, Wilkinson Eyre, Foreign Office Architects, and Allies & Morrison, account for 748,000 sq m (8m sq ft) of projects, as they look to increase their share of development activity in the London office market.

These ‘newcomers’ could now be set to overtake those firms established in the Top 10 of the past decade. However, that ‘overtaking’ relies on the developments progressing and the architect managing to stay on the project.

Andy King
CityOffices.net
20.10.10

Notes:
All office development details available at www.cityoffices.net
The rankings include all office schemes over 1,858 sq m (20,000 sq ft).
A Top 20 Architect (Built Office Space) list is available on request.

- (05-11-2010)

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Bishops Place approved

Hammerson has had its Bishops Place regeneration project approved yesterday by LB Hackney. The revised scheme includes 233 Shoreditch High Street (the Light Bar building) and relates to a 1.3ha (3 acre) site in London, E1. The 1.5m sq ft project, designed by Foster + Partners, will include about 59,922 sq m (645,000 sq ft) of offices, a hotel, residential, and retail space. - (05-11-2009)

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More London underway

Construction is now officially underway at More London Riverside of plots 3, 4 and 5 comprising 41,806 sq m of offices and a Hilton hotel in the Foster-designed scheme. Construction of the London, SE1 scheme is expected to complete in late 2006. Both the office buildings are pre-let to law firms. - (31-01-2005)

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Treasury Office completed

Work on the 450,000 sq ft refurbishment of the Treasury Office (Phase 2) on Great George Street is to complete next week. The Foster & Partners designed scheme has been project managed by Stanhope under the Exchange Partners Consortium banner. Bovis Lend Lease has been acting as main contractor and Gardiner & Theobald was the Quantity Surveyor. - (12-11-2004)

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Kings Cross Central plans unveiled

After a gap of 15-year new outline plans have been announced for the 28ha (67-acre) Kings Cross site in London, NW1. The Kings Cross Central development in totola will provide 743,218 sq m (8m sq ft) of mixed-use space to be developed by Argent St George with Exel and London & Continental Railways, the landowners. The main site is bounded by the Euston Road, York Way, St Pancras Station and Kings Cross Station. The 1980’s proposals by Rosehaugh and Stanhope included two Sir Norman Foster skyscrapers as part of a £3.5bn redevelopment. The new plans are for a £2bn scheme and involve the renovation of 20 historic buildings and providing 483,091 sq m (5.2m sq ft) of office space, 47,194 sq m (508,000 sq ft) of hotel space, 45,893 sq m (494,000 sq ft) of retail and leisure uses, 8,454 sq m (91,000 sq ft) of cenemas, and 75,715 sq m (815,000 sq ft) of community and education and cultural space, to include an art gallery and museum. At lease 1,800 homes will also be built. Construction work on the major elements of the scheme cannot start until the Channel Tunnel rail Link is completed in 2007. - (05-06-2004)

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L&G appoints on Bucklersbury House

Legal & General has appointed French architect Jean Nouvel to design the redevelopment of Bucklersbury House in London, EC4. Jean Nouvel has previously been involved in early concept designs at Canary Wharf and will work in collaboration with Foster & Partners. Stanhope has been appointed as the development manager. The 1.3ha (3-acre) site is bounded by Cannon Street, Queen Victoria Street and Walbrook and includes Bucklersbury House, Temple Court and 9, Queen Victoria Street. The new development could provide a 139,353 sq m (1.5m sq ft) mixed-use office and retail scheme. - (30-03-2004)

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'Gherkin' shortlisted for award

The Swiss Re building, otherwise known as the ‘Gherkin’, in the City of London, has been shortlisted for the first London Planning Awards. The awards, run jointly by London mayor Ken Livingstone, London First, and the Royal Town Planning Institute, aim to highlight outstanding planning achievements in London. The Swiss Re building was designed by Foster & Partners and submitted for the award by Montagu Evans. Paddington Waterside Partnership is on the shortlist for the best community or partnership initiative category. - (31-10-2003)

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Spitalfields gets final approval

The redevelopment of Spitalfields moved another step closer this week with the Mayor of London granting planning permission for the scheme. The Foster & Partners scheme has 70,000 sq m (753,480 sq ft) of offices and 4,000 sq m (43,056 sq ft) of retail space. The scheme will require the demolition of half of the 80-year old covered market. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets approved the Spitalfields Development Group's £500m scheme in October. - (02-11-2002)

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Allen & Overy finally sign-up

Allen & Overy, the law firm, has formally signed the lease with Hammerson and the Corporation of London for its new 70,000 sq m (750,000 sq ft) headquarters at Bishops Square, Spitalfields, London E1 at £45 psf on a 25-year lease. It is thought that the firm also has a 21-month rent free period. Construction, of the Foster & Partners designed building, should start in early 2003. However everything is still subject to planning consent being granted by Tower Hamlets. The first announcement of the deal was made in March 2002 and at this time the rent free period was 18 months. - (22-09-2002)

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Selfridges scale back plans

Selfridges, the department stores group, is to scale down the £300m plans by Foster & Partners for its Oxford Street store. After nine months discussions with Westminster City Council planners Selfridges is thought to be about to scale back the 12-storey office tower, although the 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) of retail space, a spa, car park and hotel, will remain. It is thought that the office tower will be reduced from 60m to 41m in the redesign. - (22-09-2002)

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Bishops Square plans revised

The plans for Bishops Square at Spitalfields market, by the Spitalfields Development Group, have been re-worked following public consultation. The new plans, by Foster and Partners, take into account the needs of law firm Allen & Overy, which has pre-let the building. The scheme includes 69,675 sq m (749,981 sq ft) of offices and 3,995 sq m (43,002 sq ft) of retail space. The revised plans replace the 'ski-slope' design with a more standard 'stepped' building. - (18-03-2002)

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British Land plans EC3 tower

British Land has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of 51 Lime Street, London EC3, otherwise known as the 58 Building, acquired from Lloyd's of London. The new scheme, which also fronts Fenchurch Avenue and Billiter Street, is for 54,521 sq m (586,864 sq ft) of offices and 522 sq m (5,618 sq ft) of retail in a part six-storey, part 25-storey building, designed by Foster & Partners. - (25-01-2002)

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Selfridges unveils plans

The plans for the £300m development at the rear of Selfridges store in Oxford Street have been unveiled. The designs by Foster & Partners include about 27,870 sq m (300,000 sq ft) of offices, an additional 10,219 sq m (110,000 sq ft) of retail space, and a 12-storey five star hotel. If planning permission is granted the scheme will start in mid-2003 and will not be completed until 2007. The planning application was submitted to Westminster City Council earlier this week. - (13-12-2001)

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Skanska wins 1 London Wall

Skanska is rumoured to have won the main construction contract on Greycoats' 1 London Wall office development in EC2. The scheme, designed by Foster & Partners, will provide about 28,980 sq m (311, 940 sq ft) of office space. Demolition of the existing building is underway and main construction is expected to start in March 2002. - (15-10-2001)

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Sainsbury 'oval office' approved

Sainsbury's plans for a new office building in Stamford Street, London SE1 have been approved by London Borough of Southwark. The 34,838 sq m (375,000 sq ft) Foster & Partners designed building will create a five-storey 'podium' block rising up to 18-storeys as an oval-shaped tower. The development is on the site of the existing Sainsbury head office building. The building could be completed in 2004 and Sainsbury could then relocate from its new headquarters at 33 Holborn Place EC1. Sainsbury is thought to be looking for a joint venture partner to develop and finance the scheme. - (01-10-2001)

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SMUT e-mails on Spitalfields

The Spitalfields Market Under Threat (SMUT) group, which is fighting the plans to redevelop the east London market, has stepped up its campaign. SMUT is understood to have e-mailed over 1,000 key figures asking them to sign a petition objecting to the materials Foster & Partners are proposing to use on office buildings. A detailed application for the first phase of the 25,000 sq ft office complex is to go to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets' planning committee next month. - (25-08-2001)

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British Land wins 51 Lime Street

British Land is thought to have acquired 51 Lime Street, London EC3 from Lloyd's of London. There is speculation that the building could be replaced with a 37,160 sq m (400,000 sq ft) office block and Foster & Partners is said to have been chosen by British Land for the redevelopment scheme. Built in 1958, 51 Lime Street was the headquarters of Lloyd's before it moved in 1986 to the headquarters building designed by Richard Rogers, now Lord Rogers. - (14-07-2001)

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GLA headquarters topped-out

The new ten-storey headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), designed by Foster and Partners, was topped out by Nick Raynsford, Minister for London, and Ken Livingstone, Major of London, last week. The new GLA building, said to resemble a glass headlight, occupies a site at CIT's More London development in SE1. - (09-07-2001)

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Foster & Partners appointed

The Corporation of London and Spitalfields Development Group (SDG) has appointed Foster & Partners as the architect for the 1 and 10 Bishops Square development in Spitalfields Market, London E1. The latest phase of the project will provide around 65,030 sq m (700,000 sq ft) of office space in two buildings. A new planning application for the phase, this time with an environmental impact assessment, is to be made in the autumn. - (18-06-2001)

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Selfridges loses tower

The Selfridges scheme in Duke Street, W1, planned as a mixed-use retail, residential and office development, will not now include a 20-storey tower. The idea of the tower is said to have been thrown out by Westminster planners. Instead the scheme could include 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) of offices, a 250-bed hotel, 80 apartments and 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) of additional retail space. The £250m project is a joint venture between Selfridges and Stanhope Developments and is being designed by Norman Foster & Partners. - (09-06-2001)

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Demolition starting at 1 London Wall

Hammerson has started site preparations for demolition work to start at 1 London Wall, EC2. A start on the main construction could be made in summer 2001 with completion in late 2003. Last year a revised scheme was submitted with 13 upper floors, basement, ground and mezzanine levels. The total floorspace (gross external) is 28,980 sq m (311,940 sq ft). The scheme, by Foster & Partners, retains the Livery Hall (Plaisterers Hall). The original proposals for 1 London Wall go back over 13 years. - (15-05-2001)

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Skyscraper site being assembled

The Corporation of London has been linked with plans to develop a 2ha (5-acre) site on the fringe of the City. The site is bounded by Shoreditch High Street, Norton Folgate, Folgate Street and Commercial Street in London E1. Ownership is thought to be mainly in the control of Railtrack as well as the interests of the Corporation of London. An announcement on the scheme is due in the next two months. There have been persistent market rumours of a 50-storey skyscraper, codenamed 'Cosmos', being planned for a site near Broadgate and Foster & Partners is said to be the architect for the project. - (30-04-2001)

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Sainsbury plans SE1 towers

Foster & Partners has revealed plans for a 35,765 sq m (385,000 sq ft) 19-storey oval office tower to replace food retailers Sainsbury's existing Drury House and Stamford House headquarters at Stamford Street, London SE1. Sainsbury is linked with Stanhope on the proposals. A planning application for the £270m scheme has just been submitted to London Borough of Southwark along with an application for a second new building on the firm's car park site in Maymott Street. The tower has a tapered 'neck' and a low-rise office block forms the base. A Sainsbury's 'Central' supermarket could be incorporated in the ground floor. The 14,490 sq m (156,000 sq ft) Maymott Street scheme could cost £70m and is planned as a 22-storey tower designed by architect Lifschutz Davidson. Sainsbury is working on the site assembly for the scheme and is said to be in the process of acquiring Wakefield House and 19-21 Blackfriars Road from Dunloe Ewart, the developer. Sainsbury is thought to be seeking to develop around 46,451 sq m (500,000 sq ft) in the various SE1 developments for completion in 2004. Sainsbury is still thought to be considering its options on the 11,150 sq m (120,000 sq ft) Rennie House, on the south side of Stamford Street. Sainsbury staff will relocate to 33 Holborn Place, London WC1, to allow the headquarters development to proceed. Healey & Baker is advising Sainsbury. - (22-04-2001)

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DS5 and DS2 "top-out" at Canary Wharf

The new towers for HSBC, designed by Foster & Partners, and Citigroup, designed by Cesar Pelli, at Canary Wharf, London E14 were topped-out yesterday. The towers will be about 100ft shorter than One Canada Square, the 50-storey skyscraper, which remains the tallest office building in the UK. Citigroup will move to its new building at 25 Canada Square (DS5 building) in September this year and HSBC to 8 Canada Square (DS2 building) in February 2002. - (08-03-2001)

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Selfridges selects Stanhope

Selfridges, the department store group, has appointed Stanhope to develop land at the rear of its Oxford Street store in London W1. The £250m scheme will include an hotel, to replace the existing Thistle hotel, apartments, a 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) increase in retail space, and office space. Selfridges will give Stanhope a 175-year lease on the development and share in profits on the scheme. Architect Foster & Partners is also part of the development team. Stanhope was selected over rival developer British Land and about 17 other bidders. Discussion with Westminster City Council will take place this year and planning permission could be granted in 2001. The project is expected to be completed in 2006. - (03-11-2000)

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'Gerkin' may face judicial review

The Baltic Exchange is said to have pledged financial support to a legal challenge by Save Britain's Heritage to John Prescott's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the proposals to demolish the Grade II listed Baltic Exchange building in St Mary Axe, London EC3 and replace it with a Foster & Partners' designed skyscraper, nicknamed the 'Gerkin'. Save is understood to have just lodged an application to the High Court seeking leave to apply for a judicial review over the decision. - (01-10-2000)

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