In numbers
- Built
- 1957–1962
- Height
- 27 storeys
- Workplace refit design
- Perkins + Will
- Fit-out contractor
- Overbury
- Site around it
- Southbank Place, 5.25 acres
- Inside
- New gym, new catering, café area
Source: iM2 “Shell Tower Southbank” · Optima “Shell, South Bank, London” · PIP “Shell Tower – Refresh” · The Townscape Consultancy “Southbank Place”
Questions
Where is Shell Centre?
Shell Centre is at Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom. It is the headquarters of Shell.
Who designed Shell Centre?
Workplace refit design: Perkins + Will. Source: iM2 “Shell Tower Southbank” · Optima “Shell, South Bank, London” · PIP “Shell Tower – Refresh” · The Townscape Consultancy “Southbank Place”
When did Shell come to Shell Centre?
1957–62: The Shell Centre goes up on the South Bank. The Shell Centre, including a 27-storey tower, was built beside the Thames at Waterloo between 1957 and 1962.
Shell Centre in Shell’s history
- 1957–62The Shell Centre goes up on the South Bank
The Shell Centre, including a 27-storey tower, was built beside the Thames at Waterloo between 1957 and 1962.
- 2005One company, run from The Hague
The century-old partnership was dissolved and Shell came under a single holding company, Royal Dutch Shell plc. Its filings gave its principal executive offices as Carel van Bylandtlaan 30 in The Hague, with the registered office at the Shell Centre in London.
- 2010sThe tower stays; the rest of the site is rebuilt
The lower wings of the Shell Centre were demolished for Southbank Place — two office buildings, four residential blocks of up to 36 storeys and new public space — while the Shell Tower was kept as the centrepiece of the 5.25-acre site.
- 2022Shell plc, headquartered in London
Shareholders approved the simplification on December 10, 2021: one line of shares, and the CEO, the CFO and Board and Executive Committee meetings moved to the UK. The company became Shell plc in January 2022 and now lists the Shell Centre as its principal executive offices.