Central Saint Giles Is A Renzo Piano Develoment In Central London. Built At A Cost Of £450 Million And Completed In May 2010 Editorial Image

Google is to create up to 3,000 new jobs in the UK after announcing it will stick to plans to extend its London headquarters — but may scale them back if Britain excludes skilled migrants after Brexit. A new ten-storey building, based at Google’s hub in King’s Cross, will take its city office space to more than 1 million square feet.Central Saint Giles is a mixed-use development in central London. Built at a cost of £450 million and completed in May 2010, it was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and is his first work in the UK. The development is located in the district of St Giles, a short distance to the east of the east end of Oxford Street. The area was once notorious for being one of the worst slums in London, known as the Rookery – a maze of ramshackle houses, alleys and courtyards inhabited by thousands of destitute people