One Rathbone Square

One Rathbone Square is a commercial building in London, and the UK headquarters of Facebook.

One Rathbone Square
Facebook London
Location within Greater London
Former names35-50 Rathbone Place
General information
TypeCompany headquarters
AddressLondon, W1T 1HQ
Coordinates51.517°N 0.1343°W / 51.517; -0.1343
Elevation25 m (82 ft)
Current tenantsFacebook London
Construction startedJuly 2014
CompletedMarch 2017
Inaugurated4 December 2017
ClientFacebook UK Ltd
Technical details
Floor count7
Floor area242,800 square feet (22,560 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectGraham Longman
Architecture firmMake Architects, Frank Gehry[1]
Structural engineerAKT II
Services engineerHilson Moran

History

Rathbone Square is a 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) development in central London. The site was bought from Royal Mail Group for £120m in September 2011; it was the former West End Delivery Office.

Design

Planning consent was granted from Westminster City Council in February 2014. The main architect for the site was Graham Longman; Make Architects were given the project in October 2011.

Construction

Construction began in July 2014, with demolition of the former seven-storey site. Main construction began in 2015.

Structure

It is situated off Oxford Street, in the east of the City of Westminster, and is on the boundary with the London Borough of Camden. It is about 500m south-east of the BT Tower, which can be seen along the neighbouring Rathbone Place. The site costs Facebook £17.8m per year to rent, with a fifteen-year term on the contract.

The building has a rooftop park and claims to have the largest open floor plan in the world.

It features a build called LDN_LAB, a business incubator for tech startup companies.

See also

References
  1. Design Week December 2017
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