Plans Submitted for Europe’s Largest Life Sciences Building

Canary Wharf Group and Dutch investor Kadans Science Partner have submitted plans for a 23-story tower in London’s Canary Wharf that the pair say is Europe’s largest life sciences building, Building Design reports. The 823,000-ft² vertical campus has been drawn up by KPF and will sit at Canary Wharf’s North Quay site in London’s Docklands. It follows outline permission already granted for a wider scheme to deliver 3.5 million ft² of laboratory space. The planned building has been designed to allow up to 60% lab space, with laboratories on every floor. The developers said the building will be low carbon, with a highly insulated and airtight building fabric, energy-efficient mechanical and electrical (M&E), photovoltaic panels, heat pumps and heat recovery systems. Others working on the scheme include QS Alinea, M&E consultant Buro Happold, landscape architect Gillespies and planning consultant Quod.