London’s best offices revealed

Where can you find the smartest working areas in the capital?

You are where you work. Whether you want to or not, your office is where you spend most your weekday, possibly most of your adult life.

Getting the environment just right therefore is critical. It can help your employees to work harder, stay longer and break a sweat proving that they deserve to be there.

Cannon Place communal area

Cannon Place’s communal area is the height of modernist cool and sophistication

Get it wrong, however, and you may soon be driving people into despair or out of the door.

Cannon Street Atrium

Cannon Street Atrium is deemed the best commercial office space in the south east

While London is littered with some pretty spectacular workplaces, and some far less stunning cupboard/office hybrids, four London offices have now taken the official crown.

Fifty Grosevenor Hill reception

WOW! If that is what the reception looks like at Fifty Grosevenor Hill – what must be execs be lounging around in…

According to the annual British Council for Offices (BCO) official London and the Southeast awards, London excelled in virtually every office-related respect, topping four of the five office categories.

Category winners:

1. Refurbished/Recycled Workplace:123 Victoria Street, London

2. Projects up to 2,000m²: Fifty Grosvenor Hill, London

3. Fit Out of Workplace: Astellas, 2000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey

4. Commercial Workplace: Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London

5. Corporate Workplace: One Sixty, Great Portland Street, London

It is easy to see why. The 123 Victoria Street £150m redevelopment has captured the perfect balance of classic and modern, offering stunning communal outdoor space, perfect for al fresco dining in the sunshine.

123 Victoria Street office