[9][10] The architects MacCormac, Jamieson, Prichard were appointed in January 1991 by the Jubilee Line Extension design team led by Roland Paoletti.

[14][15] Built on a cramped site, with its platforms underneath the Victorian main line viaduct between Waterloo East and London Bridge stations, the station presented significant technical and architectural difficulties which were resolved by constructing two concourses at different levels.

[10] Jubilee Line Extension project director Hugh Doherty called the station a "remarkable feat of engineering".

It is a space 16 metres (52 ft) high with a glass roof that allows daylight to enter deep into the station.

[15] The wall is one of the extension's more celebrated architectural features, winning critical approval and a number of awards.