Wharf green
Dating back to 1991, the former home of Thomas Reuters and one of Canary Wharf’s first steel-framed blocks, YY London has now been comprehensively reimagined.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
Comprehensive refurb: addition of 3 new floors + 25% extra NIA
415,000 sq ft., 14 floors
Completed 2023
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Kier Bothwell – Associate Partner @ Quadrant
Rowan Jenkins – Partner @ Quadrant
✍️Architects & Engineers
Oliver Bayliss – Managing Director @ Buckley Gray Yeoman
Paul White – Founding Director @ Buckley Gray Yeoman
Adam Whitlock Wood – Associate Director @ Buckley Gray Yeoman
Matthew King – Associate Director @ Hilson Moran
Gavin Rogers – Project Manager @ Severfield
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Outstanding + WiredScore Platinum + EPC B
Retained existing structure and pile foundations = 10,260 tonnes CO2 saved = 7,600 flights to Sydney
25% extra floorspace created through infilling an existing atrium and increasing building’s massing
100% electric energy strategy: smart meter systems + central heat pumps and heat recovery = reduced overall energy demand by 62%
High-performance façade: with distinctive Y shaped design that lends the project its name
🥦 Wellbeing
Triple-height reception: with public seating, bars, and fine dining restaurant providing a vibrant heart
Outside space on almost every floor – plus sweeping 1,300 sq ft rooftop terrace available for event hire and exercise classes
Floor-to-ceiling glazing increases natural light to all floors: some widows over 5m high
Cycle facilities: luxurious changing rooms, 300 lockers, 30 showers, 300 secure spaces
🎈Bonus feature
With the opening line, “the problem with straight lines is they don’t know how to bend” – Director Isaac Holland has created this intriguing animation for this office-redefining building.
🔗 Check it out https://www.bgy.co.uk/commissions/yy-london/
