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Four white construction cranes over a large brown structure under a blue summer sky. A square with people in the foreground. To the right are four other buildings: Two buildings of steel and glass loom over two brown brick buildings.
Google headquarters (left) in King’s Cross under construction in 2023

Platform 37 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 wholly owned and designed by Google outside the United States. Platform 37 features “terraced gardens on the roof.”[1][2] It has been dubbed a ‘landscraper’ for its length, at 72 metres (236 ft) tall at its highest point and 330 metres (1,080 ft) long. It consists 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.[3][4][5] Google will occupy 60,000 of the more than 80,000 square meters, with retail planned underneath.[6][7] It is designed to home 4,000[8] staff and will form part of a larger campus alongside Google’s existing office a street away in Pancras Square.[9][10]

The property was purchased in 2013.[11] Google submitted a planning application to Camden Council in 2017 after scrapping initial plans with AHMM.[12] Google named the building “Platform 37” in March 2026 and announced that it would open later in the year.[13] Named in reference to the 37th move in the 2016 match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol, Google DeepMind will be among the teams to move in.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ “Google”. King’s Cross. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. ^ Adeyoola, Oreoluwa (9 June 2025). “Google battling fox incursion on roof of £1bn London office”. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Vincent, James (1 June 2017). “Google’s huge new London HQ is a ‘landscraper’ with a rooftop garden”. The Verge. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ “King’s Cross, a miracle in London”. The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ “Google Platform 37 | Bjarke Ingels Group”. BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  7. ^ “Heatherwick Studio | Design & Architecture | Google King’s Cross”. Heatherwick Studio | Design & Architecture. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  8. ^ Prynn, Jonathan (12 March 2026). “Google’s huge £1bn office building next to Kings Cross to be called Platform 37”. The Standard. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  9. ^ “Google Pancras Square”. New London Architecture. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ O’Carroll, Lisa (17 January 2013). “Google to build £1bn UK headquarters at London’s King’s Cross”. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  12. ^ “Google’s ‘innovative’ new London HQ features giant moving blinds”. Engadget. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  13. ^ “Google names London office ‘Platform 37’ in a nod to railway neighbour, AI ‘Go’ match”. Reuters. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  14. ^ “Heatherwick Studio | Design & Architecture | News | Google announces Platform 37”. Heatherwick Studio | Design & Architecture. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  15. ^ “Platform 37 and The AI Exchange: new spaces for AI innovation and discovery”. Google. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.