Waterside (building)

Waterside
Waterside
	Waterside
	Location within Greater London
General information
Town or city	Harmondsworth
Country	England
Coordinates	51°29′08″N 0°29′10″W / 51.48556°N 0.48611°W
Construction started	1995
Completed	1998
Cost	£200m
Owner	British Airways
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Niels Torp
Services engineer	Cundall Johnston and Partners

The Waterside building in Harmondsworth, Greater London, is the international head office of British Airways;^[1] it also houses the operational head office of BA's parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG).^[2] The building and landscaping, which cost £200 million,^[3] is on Harmondsworth Moor, northwest of Heathrow Airport, between the M4 and the M25 motorways in the linear Colne Valley regional park.^[4] Waterside is on the western edge of Greater London, near West Drayton and Uxbridge, in the Borough of Hillingdon^[5]^[6]

The building is likely to be demolished as part of the controversial construction of a third runway at Heathrow.^[7]

^ "About British Airways." British Airways. Retrieved 27 February 2010. "British Airways Plc, registered office: Waterside PO Box 365 Harmondsworth UB7 0GB"
^ "Contact." International Airlines Group. Retrieved 2 October 2016. Postal address: International Airlines Group Waterside (HAA2), PO Box 365 Harmondsworth, UB7 0GB"
^ "Niels Torp in the UK - New Headquarters for British Airways." Gabion Hugh Pierman. 1 Archived 14 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
^ "Community - Biodiversity at Harmondsworth Moor." British Airways. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
^ "Benefits and features." British Airways. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "Willie Walsh: BA won't exist in 10 years if we don't transform." The Daily Telegraph. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011
^ Gwyn Topham, BA boss shocked to find out that third Heathrow runway will raze his HQ, The Guardian, 22 November 2016