Providing over 1m sq ft of prime office space close to the City of London, Bankside 123 also creates new routes, public spaces, shops and cafes, marking the renewal of an urban neighbourhood. Its three simple rectilinear buildings are set within a permeable public realm designed to reconnect the site with its surroundings.
Arranged around day-lit atria, each building responds to the geometries of the site, shifting in plan to create distinctive spaces, a rich streetscape and a lively skyline. The unitised, fully-glazed curtain walls of Building 1 (now known as the Blue Fin Building) are shaded by vertical aluminium fins, while the deep splayed reveals of Buildings 2 and 3 are clad in ceramic terracotta panels.
