One Canada Square facts for kids

Quick facts for kids One Canada Square
One Canada Square, Canary Wharf; the second-tallest building in the United Kingdom
Record height
Tallest in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2012
Preceded by	Tower 42
Surpassed by	The Shard
General information
Type	Commercial
Location	Canary Wharf London, E14 United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°30′18″N 0°01′10.6″W / 51.50500°N 0.019611°W / 51.50500; -0.019611
Construction started	1988
Completed	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Cost	£624 million
Owner	Canary Wharf Group plc (current majority shareholder is Songbird Estates plc)
Management	Canary Wharf Group plc
Height
Architectural	770 ft (235 m)AGL 800 ft (240 m) ASL
Technical details
Floor count	50
Floor area	1,748,296 sq ft (162,422.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators	32 + 3 freight + 2 firemen
Design and construction
Architect	César Pelli & Associates Adamson Associates Frederick Gibberd Coombes & Partners
Developer	Olympia & York
Structural engineer	MS Yolles & Partners Winston Group Waterman Partnership
Main contractor	Sir Robert McAlpine Ellis Don Lehrer McGovern Bovis Balfour Beatty Olympia & York + approximately 40 sub-contractors

One Canada Square is the second tallest building in the United Kingdom. It is 235 m (771 ft) tall. It is in Canary Wharf.

Images for kids

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  The pyramid roof at night

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  Canary Wharf: Aircraft warning lights

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  One of the tondi of The 20th Century–Thames (Keith Milow, 1998)

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  A view from the top floor, May 2000

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  View from Canada Square

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  Street view

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  View from London Underground station

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  Side view

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  Building clad

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  Side angle

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  Side clad

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  Clad with window washing machine

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  Upper floors with the window washing machine at the top

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  Cladding at night

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  Night view

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  Street view showing canopy

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  Outside view of canopy

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  Street view on North Colonnade

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  Clock artwork outside One Canada Square

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  One Canada Square lower level entrances

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  Lobby

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  Lobby ceiling

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  Lobby facing towards street

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  Lobby art

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  Pyramid roof

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  Night view with pyramid roof lit up

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  View from top floor (May 2000)

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  View from One Canada Square looking west towards central London

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  Airplane leaving London City Airport on the flight path near One Canada Square

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  Stainless steel clad having a reflective shine on cloudy days

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  View with neighbouring towers

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  View from Westferry Circus

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  View from West India Quay

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  View from Limehouse and the River Thames

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  Aerial view

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  One Canada Square pyramid top standing out on the skyline

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  Skyline view from Greenwich

See also

In Spanish: One Canada Square para niños