BBC Media Village _ Allies and Morrison ArchitectsThe BBC’s new Media Village at White City in west London is a vibrant complex of five new buildings designed by distinguished architects Allies and Morrison.
With the BBC’s original office building at White City and the nearby BBC Television Centre, it has played a central role in the regeneration of the wider urban area.
A public art programme of both temporary and permanent exhibitions is a major feature of the BBC Media Village site. Japanese artist Yuko Shiraishi has worked with architects Allies and Morrison on permanent colour interventions built into the fabric of the building. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and graphic designer John Morgan have created, as part of a wider Voices of White City project, a poetic work on broadcasting that is inlaid in the surface of the pedestrian street around which the new buildings are grouped.
“I’m delighted that the BBC Media Village, the first stage in our major redevelopment of the BBC’s property portfolio, is now open. As a leading cultural organisation, we want to commission great architecture which will not only inspire the people who work for us but also encourage licence fee-payers and our audiences to come and see what we do.”