McLaren Technology Centre
McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and all of its companies, located on a 500,000 m² site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of four buildings two of which are open. The main building is the McLaren Technology Centre (Home of McLaren Group), The McLaren Production Centre (Home of McLaren Automotive), the McLaren-GSK Centre for Applied Performance (Home of McLaren-GSK Parthership- due to open in late 2015) and the fourth building is the McLaren Centre for Appled Technologies (Home of McLaren Applied Technologues) The main headquarters building is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by the architect Norman Foster and his company, Foster and Partners. The building was short-listed for the 2005 Stirling Prize, which was won by the Scottish Parliament building. About 1,000 people work at the Technology Centre. It is home to the McLaren Racing Formula One constructor and McLaren Automotive, the makers of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, as well as other companies of the McLaren Group. It is also the main setting of McLaren's new cartoon, Tooned. In 2011, the size of the centre was doubled after a second building was my built on the land, the McLaren Production Centre, this is a 2 storey building next to the remaining building home if manufacturing cars for McLaren Automotive and also some of McLaren Applied Technology's products. Two more buildings are planned for the site to complete the complex, the McLaren Applied Technology Centre and McLaren-GSK Technology Centre. These will sit beside the semi circular McLaren Technology Centre headquarters and the McLaren Production Centre.
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| Nama lain | Full Name: The McLaren Technology and Production Centre |
| Informasi umum | |
| Gaya arsitektur | Modern |
| Lokasi | Woking, United Kingdom |
| Penyewa sekarang | McLaren Group dan semua anak perusahannya |
| Mulai dibangun | 1999 (Tahap kedua dimulai pada tahun 2010) |
| Rampung | 2003 (Tahap kedua selesai pada 2011) |
| Diresmikan | 12 Mei 2004 |
| Biaya | £300 million (est.) |
| Pemilik | McLaren Group |
| Data teknis | |
| Jumlah lantai | 1 sampai 5 |
| Desain dan konstruksi | |
| Arsitek | Norman Foster |
| Penghargaan | 2005 Stirling Prize |
Refrensi
- Cropley, S (14. December, 2004). DreamWorks. Autocar (pp. 56–59).
- Glancey, J (13. October, 2003). Built to win. The Guardian.
- Legard, J (30. November, 2001). McLaren go mad for the future. BBC Sport.
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Templat:Woking Templat:Automotive industry in the United Kingdom 51°20′45.0″N 0°32′54.0″W / 51.345833°N 0.548333°W