London Bridge Station, Southwark

GIA: 86,300m²
Cost per m²: £11,587

 

This nationally important infrastructure project secures future connectivity from the capital to Norfolk and the South Coast, the radical works all delivered while the station remained operational. The new concourse is truly impressive and joyous. Removal of the old brick arches has created a space of significant scale to accommodate passengers. The railway lines now bridging this space are a feat of engineering.  Escalators and step-free circulation move passengers to the platforms above, with natural light from the roofs illuminating the concourse below.  The new Western Arcade is a sensitive commercial reuse of the Victorian railway arches. Interventions are kept to a minimum, and new arches are concrete, emphasising the difference between old and new. Permeability and local context have been much improved: large, open entrances from Tooley and St Thomas Street make the station less of a barrier between north and south Bermondsey. London Bridge sets a very high standard for future station redevelopment.

London Building of the Year