London’s Docklands has been a
hive of construction activity since
the early 1990s and one area in
particular, Canary Wharf, always
seems to be playing host to yet another
high-profile high-rise project.
Within a stone’s throw of One Canada
Square, a building that lays claim to being
the UK’s second tallest structure and a
project that kick-started the entire Canary
Wharf development, another steel-framed
office is under construction.
One Bank Street is a 27-storey
commercial building that will offer
60,000m2 of high-quality office space
including three levels of state-of-the-art
trading floors, a retail unit at ground level,
a free-standing retail kiosk on South Dock
Promenade, public realm, planting and
landscaping, and basement car and cycle
parking.
Designed by world-renowned architects
Kohn Pedersen Fox, One Bank Street will
contribute to strengthening the role of
Canary Wharf as a prime London office and
employment location, providing capacity
for an additional 5,837 full-time jobs.
Designed to achieve a BREEAM
‘Outstanding’ rating, the steel-framed
structure sits atop a triple 16m-deep
basement and gains its stability from a large
centrally-positioned reinforced concrete
core.
Attached to two sides of the concrete
core, the building features another outer
‘soft core’ that accommodates risers.
“To maximise the flexibility of this
space it was established at concept stage
that the MEP zone would be framed in
steel, with a line of columns located at
the outer edge on each face, with shallow
steel beams spanning to the core to suit
the riser layout,” says Arup Associate
Commercial
Banking on steel
The latest steel-framed office tower at Canary Wharf features
a sloping western façade as well as a flexible design based
around cellular beams.
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The sloping façade
overlooks the River
Thames
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