Better Buildings

CASE STUDY 7 Living Planet Centre – WWF

Woking

The BREEAM Outstanding Living Planet Centre is the new home of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the UK. The building was designed to ensure minimal environmental impact, in both construction and use, reflecting the ethos of WWF. It also provides an innovative public front for the organisation, and was described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘a remarkable, elegant, symbolic and beautiful building’.

Overview

The Living Planet Centre houses 340 staff over two storeys in a collaborative, open-plan environment, together with conference and educational facilities and the new WWF Experience, which welcomes ...