What is recorded here
McLaren Technology Centre is recorded as a named sports ground in Woking. It is mapped for formula one. The point is the centre supplied by the public map.
The McLaren Technology Centre was begun in 1998, completed in 2003 and opened in 2004 as the company's headquarters near Woking. Norman Foster's long curved building faces an artificial lake that forms part of its cooling system, joining offices, design work and race-car production in a carefully controlled modern landscape.
Why it was built
McLaren wanted one headquarters where its racing, design and business teams could work together in a purpose-made setting.
People and work
Norman Foster and his design team shaped the centre with McLaren, while builders constructed it between 1998 and 2003.
How it changed
The headquarters opened in 2004 and a linked production centre followed in 2011, adding road-car manufacture to the larger site.
What survives
The sweeping glass-fronted building, circular lake, enclosed work areas and adjoining production centre remain in company use.
Why it mattered
The centre mattered as an ambitious modern workplace that made McLaren's precision engineering visible in its architecture and grounds.
Sources for this account
- OpenStreetMap contributors, saved McLaren Technology Centre record
- Wikipedia, McLaren Technology Centre
Sources checked 16 August 2026.
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- David Martin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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