The 330m-long building, Platform G, is a landscraper, longer than the 310m Shard is tall. It will be the first wholly owned and designed Google building outside the US and is expected to complete later this year.The recent footage was shot from a helicopter by aerial photographer Jason Hawkes.The buildings concept design is by locally based Heatherwick Studio and Copenhagens Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). It was delivered by executive architect and lead consultant BDP.AdvertisementThe seven to eleven-storey scheme won planning in 2017 and was topped out in July 2022 at a ceremony attended by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, and local MP Keir Starmer.The 60,400m2 project occupies a huge area of land alongside Kings Cross Station, providing accommodation for up to 4,500 office workers above retail and other uses at ground floor level.The facilities for Google workers or Googlers include landscaped terraces at roof level. These are understood to rely on 40,000 tonnes of soil to support 250 trees with a running track snaking among them. The building also boasts amenities such as cafs, a gym, a multi-use games area and a swimming pool.The steel frame structure includes extensive glazing and timber elements with timber manufacturer Accoya claiming the faade required 19 full trucks of its product.In terms of environmental accreditation, the project is targeting a minimum of BREEAM Excellent and LEED Gold with an aspiration of achieving Outstanding and Platinum respectively.AdvertisementAs the AJ reported earlier in 2022, Heatherwick Studio, working with Gillespies, submitted a planning application to revise the ground-floor frontages of the building, adding 58m2 more space and changing a major ground-floor unit to Use Class D1 which includes health centres, nurseries and art galleries.