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Facebook to double its London presence with new King's Cross buildings by AHMM and Bennetts

2018-07-25T13:57:00-04:00

Facebook is doubling its presence in London by acquiring office space across two buildings in King's Cross. The 600,000 square feet (56,000 square meters) of office space will be enough for more than 6,000 workstations. [...] The expansion follows the 2017 opening of its site at Rathbone Place, which added 800 jobs and opened its first in-house incubator program for startup businesses. It also has a location on Brock Street.

Considerably ramping up its workplace capacity by 611,000 sq ft in soon-to-be post-Brexit London, Facebook will be moving into new buildings at King's Cross: 11 and 21 Canal Reach, designed by Bennetts Associates, the ten and twelve-story-buildings already have detailed planning permission, as well as the nine-story-structure P2 by 2015 Stirling-Prize winning Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) with a pending reserved matters planning application.

11 and 21 Canal Reach by Bennetts Associates. Image: King's Cross.

"The deal comes just weeks after Samsung Electronics announced an agreement to open ‘Samsung KX LDN’, a 20,000 sq ft showcase space at Coal Drops Yard, the new Heatherwick Studio-designed shopping and lifestyle district in King’s Cross, in October," reads a King's Cross statement.

The new offices are expected to open in 2021.

2015 RIBA Stirling Prize awarded to the Burntwood School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

2015-10-15T16:12:00-04:00

Following their July announcement of the shortlist for the 2015 Stirling Prize, RIBA announced [today] the Burntwood School in Wandsworth London as the winning project. Now in its 20th year, the RIBA Stirling Prize is regarded as the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize. Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), the practice that designed the all girls' school, is winning the coveted award for the first time.

More photos and project details on Bustler.

Previously: RIBA reveals the six 2015 Stirling Prize shortlisters

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris chosen to design new London Police HQ

2013-10-17T13:34:00-04:00

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) won the RIBA competition to design the new London Police Headquarters, as announced by the Mayor of London, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and RIBA on Oct. 14. This is one of the latest big-time projects for the UK-based firm, who is also working on the redevelopment of the BBC television center and was recently named the architect for Google's UK headquarters.

Previously: Foster + Partners Among Finalists for London Met Police HQ