The first tower in the City of London to be designed since the economic crisis in 2008, 100 Bishopsgate is a mixed-use development by AMWB, a collaboration between Woods Bagot and Allies and Morrison.

The completed project will provide just under a million sq. ft. (circa 90,000m²) of Net Internal space in two new buildings, including a forty-storey tower and podium with five contiguous 44,000 sq.ft. (4,000 m²) office floors. The scheme comprises office space, trading floors, a public library, restaurants and retail space.

A new public square is created at the heart of the two acre site, with new routes drawn across it. The form of the tower component, generated by the transition from a parallelogram at its base to a rectangle at its top, resolves the complex geometries of the site and context. In combination with contrasting facade textures and articulated junctions repeated rotationally around the building, this transition in form lends the tower a distinctive twisting dynamic.

Speaking of the project, Earle Arney of AMWB, said: "Since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, tenants have rightly demanded floorplates that are designed from the inside-out and configured to positively enhance their culture and business efficiency. The current global financial landscape will only serve to reinforce this focus on the workplace being a strategic resource to create value for business.”

To deliver the project AMWB assembled a global design team to capitalise on tall tower expertise from the UK, North America, Middle East and Australia.  Demolition at the site is nearing an end with the tower due for completion in 2015.

Area
76,645 m²
Sustainability
BREEAM 'Excellent' Target
LEED 'Gold' Target
EPC Rating
Collaborative Partners
Allies & Morrison

AMBITIOUS TOWER 
FOR LONDON