Workplace and wellbeing facilities include a coffee shop, gardens, restaurants overlooking the harbourside, saunas, cold plunge, a performance gym and an exercise studio.<\/p>\n
The project also includes a podcast studio and a 200-capacity auditorium for talks and cultural events, and a rooftop boardroom and events space offering panoramic views of Bristol.<\/p>\n
Canons Wharf was built between 1988 and 1991 as a regional headquarters for Lloyds Bank after it decided to relocate all of its retail banking functions to a single site outside of London.<\/p>\n
Historic England describes the building, which was listed in 2022<\/a>\u00a0and features an integrated amphitheatre, as \u2018one of Bristol\u2019s key public assembly spaces\u2019 and a \u2018distinctive harbourside landmark\u2019.<\/p>\n At the time of its listing, then culture minister Nigel Huddleston described it as a \u2018striking example of Postmodernist architecture\u2019 and an \u2018iconic Bristol landmark\u2019.<\/p>\n BGY<\/a> was appointed to design the retrofit by London-based client and real estate manager Kinrise & Mactaggart Family & Partners in 2024. A planning application was submitted in early 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n Andrew Brown and Nick Jones, who lead BGY\u2019s Bristol office, said: \u2018Despite its prominence, as a private office headquarters for Lloyds Bank, Canons Wharf has always turned its back to the city.<\/p>\n \u2018Over the last 15 months, alongside the wider team, we have carefully crafted a design that responds to the building\u2019s character, enables a multi-let future and creates new opportunities to bring the public inside. Achieving planning and listed building consent is a big step on our journey to transform this landmark building for Bristol.\u2019<\/p>\n They added: \u2018For us, this has never just been about delivering great office space \u2013 although it will absolutely be that. It\u2019s about repairing the building\u2019s relationship with the city around it; opening it up, activating the edges, and providing the ability for people to engage with it in a way they simply haven\u2019t been able to before.\u2019<\/p>\n BGY had previously said the scheme would be \u2018the largest speculative office repositioning project\u2019 undertaken in Bristol city centre to date, creating\u00a0Bristol\u2019s largest office development.<\/p>\n Arup is also back on the project design team, as structural engineer, services engineer and fire consultant, alongside Turner & Townsend as project manager, Quantum as cost consultant and Pegasus as heritage and planning consultant.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kinrise investment director and head of development Kilian Kleine said: \u2018Securing planning permission for Canons Wharf is a significant step forward in bringing this exceptional building back to life. Our vision is to create a workplace that is not only best-in-class in terms of design and sustainability, but one that genuinely adds to the energy of Bristol\u2019s iconic harbourside.<\/p>\n \u2018By combining architectural design with carefully curated amenities, from social and cultural spaces to wellbeing-led facilities, we are creating a destination where businesses and people can truly thrive. Canons Wharf will be a place that reflects Bristol\u2019s ambition, creativity and sense of community, and we\u2019re excited to move into the next phase of delivery.\u2019<\/p>\n The project is scheduled to complete next year.<\/p>\n Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY) will retrofit Canons Wharf on Bristol\u2019s harbourside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bristol and London-based practice\u2019s plans for the Grade II-listed Canons Wharf building in Bristol\u2019s harbourside secured planning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1006729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,381,279013,4022,77,93415,154740,16,15],"class_list":["post-1006728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-bristol","tag-buckley-gray-yeoman","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-listed-building","tag-postmodernism","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116696773944933828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Canons-House-1-scaled.webp\")
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