Taking its place as a key player in the ongoing renewal of London’s Bankside, TIDE Bankside is a Net Zero embodied and operational carbon workspace development.
A stone’s throw from the Tate Modern, the Globe Theatre, and the Thames riverbanks. The area’s rich cultural and material heritage has informed the distinctive façade design, which marries organic forms and traditional London building stock with cutting-edge technology.
Meeting the highest environmental standards, TIDE Bankside offers 147,500 sq ft of commercial and affordable workspaces, intelligently designed to maximise natural ventilation and reduce energy consumption. Each floor features landscaped private terraces to provide alternative outdoor working environments, as well as an extensive shared roof garden. Active lifestyles are supported with 284 cycle spaces, electric bike charging stations, and end-of-journey facilities, including a dedicated bike maintenance area.
Client LBS Properties and Barings
Structural Engineer Heyne Tillett Steel
Engineer Hoare Lea
MEPH Consultant GDM Partnership
Planning Consultant Montagu Evans
Project Manager Colliers International
Landscape Architect PAD Landscapes
2025 Commercial Workspace, Regional Finalist
BCO Awards
Embodied and operational net zero carbon building designed to meet London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) 2020-2025
5* BRE Design Reviewed Target Rating for its energy efficiency, water usage, waste management and indoor environment
Target BREEAM rating of Outstanding, putting TIDE in the top 1% of the UK’s most sustainable buildings
Concept
Inspired by its proximity to the Thames’ riverbanks, the façade takes reference from the natural erosion patterns of coastal formations, telling the story of a material shaped by ‘a thousand tides’. As if hollowed out over centuries by the relentless force of saltwater, elegant arboresque columns extend down from the rooftop, like water flowing over a cliff edge, frozen in time.
Construction
To create the façade’s organic form, pioneering water-jet cutting technologies were developed in collaboration with architectural precast cladding experts Thorp Precast. The waterjet cutting machine mimics the natural erosion process, applying high-pressure steam to shape materials with precision. This method of shaping the bricks produced zero waste, as both halves were used in the columns.
Sustainability
Achieving BREEAM Outstanding, the building’s low operational energy and durable concrete frame ensures it can evolve with changing demands over time, even at future high occupancy levels. The efficient structural grid allows for easy repurposing in the future – whether for office spaces, residential units, or life sciences.
