Apple Planning New UK Headquarters in London's Historic Battersea Power Station · Chronopin

Apple Planning New UK Headquarters in London's Historic Battersea Power Station · Chronopin

Arquitectura29/08/2017@ThePinGang
Apple Confirms Plans to Build Data Center in Iowa, Contribute Up to $100M to Community Projects
Apple…
Empieza el 31/12/2020 CONFIRMADO 87% DE CONFIANZAhace 5,7 añosHappened as dated, per macrumors.com^[1]: "…ction on the data center is expected to start early next year, with plans to bring it online in 2020…"
Apple today announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot data center in Waukee, Iowa, which will provide backend infrastructure for the App Store, Siri, Apple Music, iMessage, and other Apple services in North America. The facility, which it says will create over 550 construction and operations jobs in the Des Moines area. Authority reportedly approved a deal on Thursday that will give Apple $208 million in state and local tax breaks to construct two data centers near Des Moines. Apple will reportedly buy 2,000 acres of land for the project, allowing for future development in the area.
$1.3B
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Arquitectura15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Circus West Village, Phase One of Battersea Power Station, Completes
Circus West Village, Battersea Power Station, Electric Boulevard, Nine Elms, London SW11 8DD, United Kingdom
Empieza el 30/09/2017ESTIMADO 67% DE CONFIANZAhace 9 añosEstimated: SimpsonHaugh's^[2] project data gives completion as September 2017 (Buro Happold^[3] gives only the year), and no day is published, so the month's last day stands in.
Circus West Village, the first completed phase of London's Battersea Power Station regeneration designed by SimpsonHaugh and built by Carillion, wrapped up as the scheme's opening residential and retail quarter.
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Arquitectura15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Bloomberg Opens Its Sustainability-Focused London Headquarters
3 Queen Victoria Street, City of London, London, United KingdomFoster + Partners
Empieza el 24/10/2017CONFIRMADO 90% DE CONFIANZAhace 8,9 añosThe B1M’s article (published 10 January 2018) already described the building as recently opened, and independent design press dated the official opening precisely. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "officially opened on 24 October 2017, with an event hosted by founder Michael R. Bloomberg".
Foster + Partners’ new Bloomberg European headquarters in the City of London opened with the highest BREEAM sustainability score ever awarded to a major office building.
£1B
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Arquitectura15/09/2026@BuildDesk
One Park Drive Opens in London's Wood Wharf
One Park Drive, Wood Wharf, London E14, United KingdomCanary Wharf Group
Empieza el 29/07/2021CONFIRMADO 86% DE CONFIANZAhace 5,2 añosHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Completed: 2021".
Herzog & de Meuron's 205-metre One Park Drive tower, the centrepiece of Canary Wharf's new Wood Wharf district on reclaimed Thames-side land, opened to its first residents in London.
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Energía11/09/2026@ThePinGang
Sizewell C Begins Generating
Suffolk, EnglandEDF
Empieza el 01/06/2035ESTIMADO 61% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 8,7 añosGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…C intended to power six million homes. Estimated date.…"
Britain's second new-build nuclear station, a near-copy of Hinkley Point C intended to power six million homes. Estimated date.
£38B
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Inmobiliaria20/09/2026@BuildDesk
Earls Court Redevelopment Starts on Site
Earls Court, Kensington and Chelsea, London, EnglandEarls Court Development Company
Empieza el 31/12/2026ESTIMADO 50% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 99 díasThe developer's announcement says only that "early construction work is expected to begin in 2026", a year rather than a date.^[1]
The 44-acre former exhibition site won consent from Hammersmith & Fulham on 26 November 2025 and Kensington & Chelsea on 16 December 2025, a decade after the exhibition halls came down. Phase one of the GBP 10bn masterplan covers the first 1,300 homes, offices, a cultural venue and a 4.5-acre park, with the whole site due to be finished by 2043.
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Arquitectura15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Transforming London’s Broadgate: 100 Liverpool Street
100 Liverpool Street, Broadgate, London, United KingdomBritish Land
Empieza el 01/09/2020CONFIRMADO 84% DE CONFIANZAhace 6,1 añosMultiple independent sources (Hopkins^[2] Architects’ own project page and New London Architecture) give the completion as September 2020, after this 2019 video was filmed mid-construction. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "an outstanding new benchmark for low-carbon commercial office redevelopment".
British Land completed a stripped-back rebuild of an aging 1980s Broadgate office block into 100 Liverpool Street, a low-carbon commercial tower beside Liverpool Street station.
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Arquitectura20/09/2026@BuildDesk
Olympia Opens to the Public After Its Kensington Rebuild
Olympia, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London, EnglandYoo Capital
Empieza el 15/06/2026CONFIRMADO 90% DE CONFIANZAhace 100 díasOlympia's^[1] own press release, headed "The all-new Olympia opens", gives 15 June 2026 as the opening day of the transformed destination.
The Grade II-listed west London exhibition halls reopened as a mixed-use district with rooftop restaurants, offices, two hotels and the 3,800-capacity British Airways ARC music venue, which launched the following night. The GBP 1.3 billion transformation, designed by Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC, opens the 14-acre site to the public for the first time in 140 years; the 1,575-seat British Airways Theatre follows in 2027.
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Arquitectura20/09/2026@BuildDesk
New Ontario Science Centre Opens at Ontario Place
Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOntario Science Centre
Empieza el 31/12/2029RETRASADO12 meses de retraso40% DE CONFIANZAdentro de 3,3 añosGlobal News^[1] reports that "the new building is expected to open in 2029", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2029.
The 400,000-square-foot replacement for the Don Mills science centre is rising on Toronto's waterfront, pairing a mainland building with an integrated pod complex and a restored Cinesphere. Ontario's auditor general costed the move at roughly $1.4 billion against $1.3 billion to keep the old building, and shovels went in the ground in May 2026.
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Transporte15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Network Rail Completes the London Bridge Station Redevelopment
London Bridge Station, London SE1 9SP, UKNetwork Rail
Empieza el 09/05/2018CONFIRMADO 83% DE CONFIANZAhace 8,4 añosNetwork Rail's^[3] own history page states London Bridge station was officially reopened by the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday 9 May 2018.
Network Rail finished its five-year, roughly £1 billion rebuild of London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink Programme, and Prince William officially reopened the unified station on 9 May 2018. The project gave the station a single new concourse and step-free access to every platform.
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Arquitectura15/09/2026@BuildDesk
La sede del MI6 en Vauxhall Cross abre oficialmente
85 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, UKSecret Intelligence Service
Empieza el 14/07/1994CONFIRMADO 87% DE CONFIANZAhace 32,2 añosOcurrió en la fecha indicada, según la fuente: "inaugurado oficialmente por la reina Isabel II, acompañada por el príncipe Felipe, duque de Edimburgo, el 14 de julio de 1994".^[1]
El Servicio Secreto de Inteligencia británico (MI6) se trasladó a su sede construida a medida en Vauxhall Cross, poniendo fin a décadas de ocultamiento en edificios de oficinas cada vez más comprometidos.
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Transporte15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens
Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, UKTransport for London
Empieza el 24/05/2022CONFIRMADO 90% DE CONFIANZAhace 4,3 añosConfirmed against contemporary reporting on the central section's opening. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Elizabeth line opened on Tuesday 24 May 2022".
London's £18.9BN Elizabeth Line opens through central London, bringing its new Tottenham Court Road station into service after years of Crossrail tunnelling and delay.
£18.9B
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