Google King's Cross

Google Kings Cross
General information
Town or city	London
Country	United Kingdom
Construction started	2018
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Thomas Heatherwick

Google headquarters (left) in King's Cross under construction in 2023

Google King's Cross is an office building under construction in King's Cross, London, forming part of the Knowledge Quarter in King's Cross Central. It will be the headquarters of Google in the United Kingdom. It is the first building owned and designed by Google outside the United States. It is remarkable for being a long building, dubbed a 'landscraper', being 72 metres (236 ft) tall at its highest point and 330 metres (1,080 ft) long and will consist of 11 stories providing a total of 861,100sq ft of office space upon completion, making it the 8th largest building in Europe by office space. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is designed to home 7,000 staff and will replace Google's current office a street away on Pancras Square. ^{[4] [5]}

It is expected to open later in 2025. ^[4]

References

1. Partridge, Joanna (1 July 2022). "Behold London's 'landscraper'! Google's new UK HQ – as long as the Shard is tall". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 14 November 2024.
2. Vincent, James (1 June 2017). "Google's huge new London HQ is a 'landscraper' with a rooftop garden". The Verge. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
3. "King's Cross, a miracle in London". The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 14 November 2024.
4. "Google Pancras Square". New London Architecture. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
5. Kelly, Liam (13 June 2025). "'It's absolutely f---ed': Why Google's new £1bn London office is in crisis". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 20 June 2025.