McLaren Technology Centre
Alternate: Paragon Technology Centre
Thumb
Image Source: Unknown report
Next Event
None...
Established
1998 (27 years old)
Capacity
0
Build Cost
£300 million
Architect
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Woking, England
Timezone
UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Coordinates
51°20′45.0″N 0°32′54.0″W
| Upcoming |
| None... |
Results |
| None Found... |
Description
Available in:
The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a 500,000 m2 (50 ha) site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of two buildings: the original McLaren Technology Centre, which acts as the main headquarters for the group, and the newer McLaren Production Centre, primarily used for manufacturing McLaren Automotive cars.
The main building is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by architect Norman Foster and his company, Foster + Partners. The building was short-listed for the 2005 Stirling Prize, which was won by the Scottish Parliament building. By 2015, approximately 1,500 people worked at the Technology Centre. The Technology Centre also serves as the home to McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive, and other companies of the McLaren Group. It was also the main setting of McLaren's cartoon, Tooned.
In 2011, the size of the centre was doubled after a second building, the 34,500 m2 (371,000 sq ft) McLaren Production Centre, was built. McLaren is also planning an extension to this building to be used as an applied technology centre, as well as to house a new wind tunnel and simulator for McLaren Racing. The wind tunnel became operational by October 2023.
Tennants
   McLaren Formula 1 |
Collections
None found...
Fanart
Other Links