One Canada Square is the second tallest building in the United Kingdom. It is 235 m (771 ft) tall. It is in Canary Wharf.
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 One Canada Square, Canary Wharf; the second-tallest building in the United Kingdom |
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| Tallest in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2012[I] |
| Preceded by | Tower 42 |
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| Surpassed by | The Shard |
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| Type | Commercial[1] |
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| Location | Canary Wharf
London, E14
United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′18″N 0°01′10.6″W |
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| Construction started | 1988 |
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| Completed | 1991; 34 years ago (1991)[2][3][4] |
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| Cost | £624 million |
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| Owner | Canary Wharf Group plc (current majority shareholder is Songbird Estates plc)[5] |
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| Management | Canary Wharf Group plc |
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| Architectural | 770 ft (235 m)AGL
800 ft (240 m)[6] ASL |
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| Floor count | 50[1] |
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| Floor area | 1,748,296 sq ft (162,422.0 m2)[7] |
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| Lifts/elevators | 32 + 3 freight + 2 firemen[1] |
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| Architect | César Pelli & Associates[8]
Adamson Associates[9]
Frederick Gibberd Coombes & Partners[10] |
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| Developer | Olympia & York[3][11] |
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| Structural engineer | MS Yolles & Partners
Winston Group[12]
Waterman Partnership[12] |
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| Main contractor | Sir Robert McAlpine
Ellis Don
Lehrer McGovern
Bovis
Balfour Beatty
Olympia & York
+ approximately 40 sub-contractors |
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