Places. Kings Place.

This landmark development in London pioneered the idea of creating offices around a core of culture. Situated adjacent to King’s Cross station, the site was acquired as a light industrial estate before Parabola reimagined its role, taking it all the way from design brief and planning through to development and leasing.

The Detail

Commercial:
300,000 sq ft of Grade A offices; home to The Guardian and Observer newspapers, Network Rail and Hammerson

Leisure:
Award-winning conference facilities, bars and restaurants

Culture:
The first purpose-built concert hall in London since the Barbican, together with a versatile second hall and two significant spaces designed for the display of Visual Arts: Pangolin London and the Kings Place Gallery.

Size:
450,000 sq ft

Location:
York Way, Kings Cross

Awards:
Best of the Best’ at 2009
British Council of Offices

BREEAM
‘Very Good’ Rating

Architects:
Dixon Jones

Main contractor:
Sir Robert McAlpine

Cost consultant and employer’s agent:
Gardiner & Theobald

Awarded ‘best corporate workplace’ and ‘best of the best’ by the British Council of Offices

Recognition

Next Place: Central Square