Arbor

Arbor is more than just an office building. It's a hub for interaction, creativity, and inspiration in the heart of the city. In the post-COVID era, offices are no longer just about providing a place to work, but rather fostering meaningful and productive interactions between people.

This makes Arbor's location in the hypermixed Bankside Yards masterplan all the more significant, as it plays a vital role in shaping a 24-hour neighbourhood that blends work and city life, culture and technology, nature and art.

Arbor, a development by Native Land and joint venture partners Temasek, Amcorp Properties Berhad and Hotel Properties Limited of Singapore, is a one-of-a-kind workplace in what will become a vibrant neighbourhood. When the master plan completes, Arbor will be surrounded by eight public spaces, three distinct cultural areas, 14 arches that house wellness and leisure offerings, a 5-star hotel, and will link into London's cultural network along the Thames’ South Bank. The hypermixed environment of Bankside Yards ensures that different uses and activities complement each other and provide a rich, nourishing lifestyle.

From street level to the rooftop, Arbor's spaces encourage interaction and offer an urban feel. The building's "urban room" at street level and shared landscaped atria create a bridge between the office and the surrounding neighbourhood. Elevating the building creates a series of spaces that blur the line between work and city, promoting dynamic interactions between workers, clients, and locals. This includes the first of the eight public spaces within Bankside Yards, which leads through the elevated arches of the historic railway. Next to this, the glazed lobby serves as a transition between the urban realm and the interior of Arbor. Inside, escalators lead to a terraced indoor landscape that can be either a work or social space, reflected at the top of the building in a 6m inverted triangle atrium and large outdoor garden terrace with a stunning view of London.

Wellbeing is at the forefront of Arbor's design. Features such as high ceilings and full-height glazing fill the spaces with natural light and offer panoramas of the city. At the same time, terraces on every other floor create transitional zones between outside and inside with their own microclimates, end-of-trip amenities make healthy mobility easy, and embedded technology makes for a seamless and comfortable workday.

Arbor is designed to embody the essence of Southwark with a modern twist, embodying local materiality and characteristics to create a sense of place that is both new and uniquely local. The building and the wider Bankside Yards project place a strong emphasis on sustainability, with Arbor operating on 100% renewable energy and net zero operational carbon emissions from day one, and the masterplan being the UK's first major fossil fuel-free mixed-use development powered by a 5th generation energy grid.

Recent lettings to Carbon Trust, Lewis Silkin, Smiths Group and Winckworth Sherwood are proof of Arbor’s popularity as a contemporary workplace for top-tier business occupiers.

Midori Ainoura, Partner at PLP Architecture: “Arbor is a next-generation workplace for the post-pandemic era. It is more than a place to work, it is a place to interact, to share ideas and feel inspired.”