The machine age on the corner of Westminster—a high-tech symphony of red struts and interpenetrating glass layers.
Head office of Channel 4 Television.
Featured in Richard Rogers's definitive monograph, Richard Rogers: Complete Works.
Visitor Guide
Stand in the paved piazza to look through the soaring concave foyer; you can see all the way through to the central landscaped garden.
The corner of Chadwick Street and Horseferry Road, where the antennae tower and the concave foyer's steel cables are most visible.
Corporate HQ. Public access to the ground-floor restaurant and the 'glass bridge' viewing area is generally allowed during business hours.
Rogers intended for horizontal traffic patterns to be visible from the street, complementing the vertical movement of the exposed lifts.
45 mins
Design & Structure
Engineered by Ove Arup, using an innovative technique to hang the curving glass entrance wall from steel supports. The L-shaped layout echoes the street-corner location.
Grey aluminum cladding and annealed glass. Servicing—including boiler flues and transmission antennae—is exposed and color-coded.
Built atop an abandoned 10-meter deep basement. The design incorporates 100 residential apartments in separate blocks to meet borough requirements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who designed 124 Horseferry Road?+
124 Horseferry Road was designed by Richard Rogers. It is located in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.
Where is 124 Horseferry Road located?+
124 Horseferry Road is located in City of Westminster, United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.4959°, -0.1329°.
Can I visit 124 Horseferry Road?+
124 Horseferry Road is a real building in City of Westminster that can be viewed from the outside. Check local information for interior access and visiting hours. Use the Parametric Atlas walking tour feature to plan a route that includes this building.