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What Project Slava Where Moscow Who Architect: Swanke Hayden Connell Why The proposed 462,863 sq ft (43,000m2) scheme, which covers three city blocks located in a prime location on Leningradsky Prospect, comprises five office buildings, ranging from six to 22 storeys. They share a common retail and entertainment podium on the first, second and third floors, bridging the existing and planned streets, and are next to Belorouskii Plaza train station, one of the city’s major transportation hubs. Office space totals 215,285 sq ft (200,000m2), with retail and entertainment space totalling 861,141 sq ft (80,000m2). |
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What Bank of America Where New York Who Architect: Cook & Fox, Developers: BAC/Douglas Durst Why Work is under way on the $1bn (£530m), 2.1m sq ft (195,000m2) skyscraper on 42nd Street, which is set to dominate the Manhattan skyline. When completed in 2008, the building will be the second tallest building in New York City, and one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world |
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What Foresta Business Park Where Paseo de la Castellana in Avenida de Burgos, Madrid Who Developer: GMP Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates/Fermín Vázquez – b720 Arquitectos Why The 818,083 sq ft (76,000m2) business park, just outside Madrid, comprises 10 buildings and will include restaurants, banks and gardens and will be completed in 2008. |
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What Fira Towers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Where Barcelona Who Developer: Layetana, Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates/Fermín Vázquez – b720 Arquitectos Why Development of two towers – a hotel and an office building – at Montjuïc 2, Europe’s second-largest exhibition centre. The project will include a 320,592 sq ft (29,783m2) hotel, 477,900 sq ft (44,397m2) of offices, and 25,371 sq ft (2,357m2) of shops |
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What One Island East Where Hong Kong Who Swire Properties Why The 1.5m sq ft (139,350m2), 70-storey building in Hong Kong’s central business district is scheduled for single-phased completion in March 2008, aided by a pioneering digital project management system that will facilitate collaboration across all disciplines in order to achieve the planned completion date |
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What 75 St Stephen’s Green Where Dublin Who Shelbourne Developments Why The 115,091 sq ft (10,692m2) basement-to-sixth floor building has been designed to comply with upcoming energy-saving legislation and utilises a hi-tech curtain wall – the first building in Ireland to do so. |
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What ProLogis’s global headquarters Where Denver, Colorado Who Developer: ProLogis Why ProLogis’s new 89,000 sq ft (8,268m2) global headquarters, on the primary access road to Denver International Airport, was opened in February and incorporates cutting-edge technologies |
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What Albany Crown Building Where Manchester Who Developer: Albany Why The £120m development will comprise 44 storeys, 10 of which will be commercial space – 158,000 sq ft (14,680m2). It will be 430 ft tall, with 237 residential apartments and 13,000 sq ft (1,200m2) of retail space. The site is a key part of Manchester city council’s Piccadilly Partnership Gateway, and work is due to start next month, and finish in 2009. |
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What The Leadenhall Building Where London Who Developer: British Land Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership Why The 48-floor building will rise to 736 ft (224m) and provide 601,400 sq ft (55,870m2) of office space in the City. The public space at the base of the building will feature mature trees and a range of retail and amenity space. |
Take it from the top Architects and developers reveal some of the office developments currently on their drawing boards. By Noella Pio Kivlehan
What Project Slava
Where Moscow
Who Architect: Swanke Hayden Connell
Why The proposed 462,863 sq ft (43,000m2) scheme, which covers three city blocks located in a prime location on Leningradsky Prospect, comprises five office buildings, ranging from six to 22 storeys. They share a common retail and entertainment podium on the first, second and third floors, bridging the existing and planned streets, and are next to Belorouskii Plaza train station, one of the city’s major transportation hubs. Office space totals 215,285 sq ft (200,000m2), with retail and entertainment space totalling 861,141 sq ft (80,000m2).
What Bank of America
Where New York
Who Architect: Cook & Fox, Developers: BAC/Douglas Durst
Why Work is under way on the $1bn (£530m), 2.1m sq ft (195,000m2) skyscraper on 42nd Street, which is set to dominate the Manhattan skyline. When completed in 2008, the building will be the second tallest building in New York City, and one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world
What Foresta Business Park
Where Paseo de la Castellana in Avenida de Burgos, Madrid
Who Developer: GMP
Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates/Fermín Vázquez – b720 Arquitectos
Why The 818,083 sq ft (76,000m2) business park, just outside Madrid, comprises 10 buildings and will include restaurants, banks and gardens and will be completed in 2008.
What Fira Towers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Where Barcelona
Who Developer: Layetana,
Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates/Fermín Vázquez – b720 Arquitectos
Why Development of two towers – a hotel and an office building – at Montjuïc 2, Europe’s second-largest exhibition centre. The project will include a 320,592 sq ft (29,783m2) hotel, 477,900 sq ft (44,397m2) of offices, and 25,371 sq ft (2,357m2) of shops
What One Island East
Where Hong Kong
Who Swire Properties
Why The 1.5m sq ft (139,350m2), 70-storey building in Hong Kong’s central business district is scheduled for single-phased completion in March 2008, aided by a pioneering digital project management system that will facilitate collaboration across all disciplines in order to achieve the planned completion date
What 75 St Stephen’s Green
Where Dublin
Who Shelbourne Developments
Why The 115,091 sq ft (10,692m2) basement-to-sixth floor building has been designed to comply with upcoming energy-saving legislation and utilises a hi-tech curtain wall – the first building in Ireland to do so.
What ProLogis’s global headquarters
Where Denver, Colorado
Who Developer: ProLogis
Why ProLogis’s new 89,000 sq ft (8,268m2) global headquarters, on the primary access road to Denver International Airport, was opened in February and incorporates cutting-edge technologies
What Albany Crown Building
Where Manchester
Who Developer: Albany
Why The £120m development will comprise 44 storeys, 10 of which will be commercial space – 158,000 sq ft (14,680m2). It will be 430 ft tall, with 237 residential apartments and 13,000 sq ft (1,200m2) of retail space. The site is a key part of Manchester city council’s Piccadilly Partnership Gateway, and work is due to start next month, and finish in 2009.
What The Leadenhall Building
Where London
Who Developer: British Land
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Why The 48-floor building will rise to 736 ft (224m) and provide 601,400 sq ft (55,870m2) of office space in the City. The public space at the base of the building will feature mature trees and a range of retail and amenity space.
