White City - BBC Television centre

The impressive BBC White City building was built in 1990 by Scott Brownrigg and Turner developed at the Wood Lane site about four miles outside central London- in Shepherds Bush. The Wood Lane site is also home to BBC Television Centre and the BBC Woodlands Building. It was this site that was used for the Franco-British exhibition of 1908. The site was bought by the BBC during the 1980’s – with the sole intention of redevelopment. In 1990 the building known as White City One was completed. Covering more than one third of the site and with 25,000 squared metres of space, the possibilities for White City as a working television building are endless. The steel-framed building is six storeys high, envelopes a courtyard and stands atop a basement used for parking.

To many people the building is too grey and imposing, no part more so than the three storey, South facing entrance. The far more humble delivery entrance is hidden on the North side of White City. The central courtyard is now open to BBC staff.

A new development is in progress to build a media village on the site with shops, restaurants, cafes and brand new broadcasting facilities. The project is due to be completed in 2004.