A good index of confidence in London’s future as a financial centre is the number of banks currently employing architects. True, many banks in New York are also refitting their premises, speculative bank buildings are going up in Shanghai, and there are mini booms in construction in the Netherlands and in central and eastern Europe, but few of these match the scale of “bespoke” financial building in London.
Paribas moved its entire London operation into new tailor-made red-brick accommodation in the west-end district of Marylebone in March.
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