Opus, the tallest building in PLP’s Bankside Yards masterplan, will offer 249 luxury apartments surrounded by 3.3 acres of public space, amenities and cultural offerings. The 50-storey tower is the tallest under construction in prime central London and will give residents unparalleled views across the capital city, both from every home’s floor-to-ceiling windows and a private residents’ lounge terrace on the 23rd floor.
27 Savile Row is a new development at the northern end of the London’s famed street for top-end tailoring. The building will become a new hub for the next generation of tailors, including affordable workspaces and a training academy for the London Academy of Bespoke. The design introduces 6,000 sqm of Grade A office space, a vibrant destination restaurant, and extensive public realm enhancements.
PLP Architecture’s new London studio at The White Chapel Building is a powerful statement of intent, a working embodiment of the practice’s core values of innovation, sustainability and collaboration. Delivered through a circular fit-out strategy, the 22,850 sq ft space demonstrates a bold new approach to workplace design: one that places people, planet and practicality at the heart of decision-making.
The Korean National Meteorological Center is poised to become a landmark in sustainable architecture, representing Korea’s first net-zero government building. The new Center supports the National Meteorological Administration’s goal to be a leading positive influence against climate change.
Overlooking Hyde Park in London, Park Modern sets a new benchmark for super-prime residential development in the heart of the city.
PLP Architecture has developed plans for a new district redevelopment in the prestigious and culturally significant Uchisaiwaicho 1-Chome district of Tokyo, which connects to the 16-hectare Hibiya Park and looks across to the Imperial Palace. PLP are the master designer and placemaking strategist for the entire development, as well as the architect for two of the four mixed-use towers on the 6.5-hectare site. The design is for a multi-stakeholder partnership, comprising of ten of Japan’s most prominent companies.
22 Bishopsgate, designed by PLP Architecture for AXA IM – Real Assets and Lipton Rogers Developments, is the tallest tower at the heart of the City of London’s financial district. Shaped to respect townscape views, its twenty-three-sided, faceted glass form makes a strong and serene backdrop to the surrounding articulated towers and to the historic fabric of the Bank of England Conservation Area.
Bringing the spirit of British education to Japan, Epsom College translates the traditions of English schooling into an architecture rooted in play, imagination and care. The five-storey primary school, for children aged 3 to 11, transforms an existing building in the heart of the city into a place that celebrates creativity, curiosity and craft. Rather than replicating Epsom’s original Surrey campus, the Tokyo school evolves its architectural language and academic ethos to create a setting tailored to the learning journeys of each age group.
The recently opened One Bishopsgate Plaza marks the completion of a mixed-use masterplan that originated with the adjacent Heron Tower to the south. The masterplan envisioned a new City of London, moving away from the mono-culture of the office towards a rich aggregate of different uses that brings together hospitality, residential, amenity spaces, new types of retail as well as innovative public realm and place making.
Arbor is a hub for interaction, creativity, and inspiration in the heart of London, located in the hypermixed, fossil-fuel free Bankside Yards masterplan. It plays a vital role in shaping a 24-hour cultural neighbourhood that blends work and city life, art and technology, culture and nature. The building’s goal is to provide a one-of-a-kind workplace surrounded and activated by 8 diverse public spaces, 3 cultural areas, 14 arches with wellness programs and social activities, and 5-star hospitality; all of which links into London’s cultural network along the Thames’ South Bank cultural quarter.