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Fresh start at Crossharbour

Docklands application

Marsh Wall scheme underway

Work underway in E14

New tower scheme for E14

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Revised scheme for Docklands

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Construction underway in EC4

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DS-1 Canary Wharf underway as a speculative scheme

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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Ludgate West to be enabled

Before Christmas, British Land is to begin enabling works on its 17,000 sqm (182,987 sq ft) Ludgate West development site on Farringdon Road. However, a start date for construction has not been determined nor has a main contractor appointed. Work may commence during 2005 but is unlikely without a sizeable pre-let. The architect is Skidmore Owings & Merrill - (27-11-2004)

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Latest plans for Times Square agreed

Sableknight's revised proposals for Times Square, 160-162 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4 received planning approval the week before Easter. The plans were revisions to the schemes approved in 1998 and 1999. The 29,580 sq m (318,397 sq ft) office scheme, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, also involves Louis Dreyfus and QVS Developments. - (22-04-2001)

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'Chamaeleon' building approved

Ballymore's Arrowhead Quay office scheme in South Quay, London Docklands E14 has had its planning application approved by London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The scheme, designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, will in total provide 44,600 sq m (480,074 sq ft) of office space, with leisure and retail space in two buildings. The design will make use of a Mica paint technology that will make the façade of the buildings appear to change colour between blue and green depending on the light conditions. - (07-03-2001)

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CSFB takes pre-let at Canary Wharf

Credit Suisse First Boston has agreed Heads of Terms to lease a further 46,451 sq m (500,000 sq ft) of office space at 5 Canada Square (site DS1) Canary Wharf, London E14. DS1 is currently under construction and the architect of the 14-storey tower is Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM). The new office space is due to be due for occupation in spring 2002. The leasing of building will mean that CSFB has 1.8m sq ft at Canary Wharf in seven buildings. In 1999 Bovis Interiors carried out the fitting out work for CSFB at its Columbus Courtyard office. Once CSFB has signed a binding agreement on the Canada Square building the pre-let will prompt the speculative construction of HQ3, a 32-storey tower, designed by Cesar Pelli, that will provide 55,741 sq m (600,000 sq ft) of office space. - (09-11-2000)

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McGraw Hill to take DS4 at Canary Wharf

McGraw-Hill, the US-based information services provider, has signed a letter of agreement with Canary Wharf Group to take the majority of the 46,450 sq m (500,000 sq ft) DS4 building at Canary Wharf to accommodate the company's rapidly growing financial services and business-information operations. The new building for The McGraw-Hill Companies is designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and construction wok will start once formal contracts are signed and will be ready for occupancy in 2003. The McGraw-Hill Companies plan to occupy the majority of the new building with options for expansion over the balance of the space. The new building will have direct access to the new retail building immediately to the north, to the underground retail mall, and to the Jubilee line link - (06-10-2000)

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Tower Hamlets agrees two South Quay schemes

The World Trade Centre proposal at Marsh Wall, London E14, put forward by Capital & Provident Management, received planning approval this week from London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The World Trade Centre will in total comprise 2 million sq ft, in nine buildings, and is to include a Posthouse Premier Hotel. Separately, the Arrowhead Quay scheme on Marsh Wall E14, planned by Ballymore, also obtained planning permission. The Arrowhead Quay scheme is in total a 66,239 sq m (713,000 sq ft) mixed use development incorporating office, retail, and leisure. The 16-storey and 26-storey glass and steel buildings have been designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (020 7793 1007). - (04-10-2000)

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