Bloomberg European Headquarters
Map and Direction
3 Queen Victoria St, City of London,
London EC4N 4TQ,
United Kingdom
Map and Direction
In December 2010, Bloomberg embarked on the construction of a new building in the heart of the City of London that would meet the needs of our growing employee population and represent our company’s culture, values, and ambitions, from the ground up.
Located between the Bank of England and St Paul’s Cathedral, the new site occupies 3.2 acres and provides approximately 1.1 million square feet of sustainable office space, three new public spaces – two featuring a specially commissioned artwork – a retail area, Bloomberg Arcade that will reinstate an ancient Roman travel route, and an anticipated cultural hub that will restore the Temple of Mithras to its original site.
Conceived by the founder Mike Bloomberg in collaboration with leading architect Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, the new building’s design is sympathetic to its surrounding context, an exemplar of sustainable design, and uniquely of its place and time – a natural extension of the City that will endure and improve the surrounding public realm.
The London building sets new standards for sustainability and innovation and raises the bar for future office buildings around the world.
Facts
2 Million
cubic feet of concrete.
14K
Roman artefacts uncovered during excavation.
13.5K
construction workers involved in the completion of the project.
9.5 Million
hours to complete the construction of the site.
15.5k
tons of steel - that's more than double the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
450
tons of aluminum - the same as 2.25 million spoons.
9,600
tons of Derbyshire sandstone used in construction.
1,000
Kilometers of fiber-optic cabling - the distance from London to Geneva.
90%
of Materials & services used in construction are British.