Low carbon offices rise-up in London’s West End

Targeting a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, sustainability is said to be at the heart of the design for a nine-storey steel framed office scheme in London.

Derwent London’s Network W1 project, on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Howland Street, is aiming to achieve a better embodied carbon intensity than the Greater London Authority target of 600 kgCO₂e/m².

Once complete, the building will provide 12,449m² of workspace and 464m² of retail space in the heart of London’s prime W1 postcode in Fitzrovia.

Working on behalf of main contractor Kier Construction, Bourne Steel is fabricating, supplying and erecting 1,000t of steel for the project.

Helping to achieve the project’s sustainability aims, more than 50% of the steelwork used on the project has been sourced from Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) production facilities.

According to project architect Piercy & Company, the building comprises three volumes: a base with active frontages for new retail and a street-facing work lounge; a middle volume of workspace; and an upper-level pavilion with terraces and green-roof areas around the perimeter of the building.

Designed with a highly flexible floorplate system to accommodate different types of future use, the middle volume of Network will be used as Category A offices.

Network is due to complete in the second half of 2025.