1 Finsbury Avenue

Office building in London, England August 2026 1 Finsbury Avenue Broadgate London July 1991 (27823477416).jpg Western exterior of 1 Finsbury Avenue London, England 51.519421 -0.085202 type:landmark_region:GB dms inline,title 1984 Peter Foggo of Arup Associates yes Grade II 1 Finsbury Avenue 26 January 2015 1422594 yes Office 1 Finsbury Avenue is a Grade II listed office block that stands in the Broadgate area of the City of London.1 Finsbury Avenue, Non Civil Parish - 1422594 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1422594 2026-09-18 historicengland.org.uk en History and description The building was built as a seminal new office block in the Broadgate area of London, which would see significant redevelopment with office buildings blocks going up in the area. It was a speculative construction under Stuart Lipton, director of Greycoat City Properties, between 1982 and 1984 in preparation for the "Big Bang", a phase of financial deregulation in London. Its design, by Peter Foggo of Arup Associates leant into 1970s hi-tech aesthetics but were also pioneering, being the first atrium-block constructed in the city.Wilson Rob 2020-05-21 AHMM remodels Broadgate for Generation Z https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ahmm-remodels-broadgate-for-generation-z 2026-09-18 The Architects’ Journal enThe City of London 2002 Penguin Books 978-0-300-09624-8 Bradley Simon 1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press Harmondsworth 436 Pevsner Nikolaus With the Broadgate development producing a number of pedestrian spaces in the area, a number of public art pieces stand or previously stood around the building. The 1983 sculpture Rush Hour previously stood outside the eastern side of the building.Ward-Jackson, Philip Public Sculpture of the City of London Liverpool University Press 2003 9780853239772 51 Horse & Eagle by Robert Clatworthy was also commissioned for the building but instead stands within a garden in Charing Cross Hospital.2015 Robert Clatworthy, sculptor - obituary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11485624/Robert-Clatworthy-sculptor-obituary.html 2026-09-18 The Telegraph Awards Among the awards for the building's design were the Financial Times Architecture at Work Award in 1985, the Structural Steel Design Award in 1985 and the RIBA London Award in 1987. 1 Finsbury Avenue was given Grade II listed status in 2015. It also won the RIBA London Award in 2021 for the retrofit undertaken by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.London award winners 2021: 1 Finsbury Avenue https://www.riba.org/explore/awards/uk-awards/regional-awards/2021/london/1-finsbury-avenue/ 2026-09-18 www.riba.org en1 Finsbury Avenue https://nla.london/projects/1-finsbury-avenue 2026-09-18 New London Architecture en See also 2 Finsbury Avenue References Category:Office buildings completed in 1984 Category:Grade II listed office buildings Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of London Category:1984 establishments in England