Architecture studio KPF has unveiled plans to turn the Foster + Partners-designed HSBC tower in Canary Wharf, London into a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future. The office building at 8 Canada Square, which is owned by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) plans to transform it into a mixed-use development with development partner Canary Wharf Group (CWG) calling it one of the world’s largest redevelopment projects. Once completed, the building will have workspaces, as well as cultural and leisure destinations and entertainment spaces.

Renders show the 200-metre-tall skyscraper, which currently has a closed steel-and-glass facade, given multiple cut-out terraces that will function as breakout spaces. Visuals also show an outdoor basketball court and a pink outdoor spiral staircase. At the highest levels of the 45-floor building, multiple floors will be carved out to create set-back terraces and a design that leaves the top floor partly “floating” above the rest, supported by slim pillars.

Design principal at KPF Elie Gamburg said “We are extremely excited to collaborate with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and CWG to reimagine the single-use office building as a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future.”

This transformation embodies the ethos behind much of our work, we see it as an integral part of the evolution of today’s single-use neighborhoods into vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods of tomorrow an evolution of which CWG is already leading the way. Further the redesign of 8 Canada Square will also create a new publicly accessible route between the nearby Elizabeth Line station and Canada Square Park.

CWG CEO Shobi Khan said “This redevelopment is another step in Canary Wharf’s evolution into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood offering workspace, retail, homes, leisure and amenities all in one location a true 15-minute city.” The redevelopment will also focus on fulfilling environmental, social and corporate governance credentials (ESG). The 1.1 million-square-feet (92,900-square-metre) building at 8 Canada Square was designed by Foster + Partners to hold the global headquarters of the HSBC bank.

KPF won a global competition run by CWG and the QIA to create the 8 Canada Square project, which will begin in 2027 when the HSBC lease expires,

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