BLOOMBERG EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS UK Location London, UK Architect Foster + Partners Kingspan Products TLM26 access floor system Attiro magnetic engineered timber flooring The European headquarters for Bloomberg is one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly office buildings. Designed by Foster + Partners for a 3.2-acre site in the heart of the City of London, the scheme comprises a pair of connected 10-storey stone volumes linked by aerial bridges. It hosts some 1.1 million square feet of office space – as well as a new entrance to Bank Underground station, cafes and restaurants, two public plazas, and a museum dedicated to the Roman archaeologic site it stands upon. With a BREEAM rating of 'Outstanding' at a score of 99.1%, the building has been designed to deliver significant savings in water and energy consumption. Bronze fins set into the stone facades open and close in accordance with weather conditions to ventilate the space, while a smart device controls air distribution in accordance with the number of people using the building at any one time. 182
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