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One Churchill Place 
One Churchill PlaceGeneral information Location 1 Churchill Place
Tower Hamlets, London, EnglandCoordinates 51°30′19.8″N 00°00′50.4″W / 51.5055°N 0.014°WCoordinates: 51°30′19.8″N 00°00′50.4″W / 51.5055°N 0.014°W Construction started 2003 Completed 2004 Opening 2005 Height Roof 156 m (512 ft) Technical details Floor count 32 Design and construction Architect HOK International One Churchill Place is a 156 m tall skyscraper with 32 floors, serving as the headquarters of Barclays Bank. It is in the Docklands area of London in Canary Wharf. The building is the seventh tallest office block in the United Kingdom and the fourth tallest building in the Docklands after One Canada Square, the HSBC Group Headquarters and the Citigroup Centre.
The building was formally opened in June 2005 by the Chairman of Barclays, Matthew Barrett, and merged Barclays offices across London into one building. The former corporate HQ was at 54 Lombard Street in the City of London.
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Construction
The building was designed by HOK International[1] and constructed by Canary Wharf Contractors.[2]
Designed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the building is constructed around four staircase columns with a large, central column containing the lifts and toilet facilities. The building manual states that there is enough room in these columns to contain everyone who works in the building, in the event of a security alert.[citation needed]
The building was planned to be 50 stories in height, but was scaled down to 31 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[citation needed]
Layout
Barclays occupy approximately two-thirds of the building, levels 17-23 being not in use by Barclays. Floors 18-23 are leased to the London 2012 Olympic organisation and to BGC Partners. Increasingly the premises are now used on a hotdesking basis to accommodate more mobile working.
- Level -1: Gym
- Ground Floor: Reception
- Level 2: Presentation suite and meeting rooms
- Level 3: Staff restaurant and deli bar, mail room and print shop
- Levels 4 and 5: Plant
- Levels 6 to 16: Working floors
- Levels 17 to 23: Tenant floors (floors 17, 21, 22 and 23 occupied by London 2012 - LOCOG, ODA, LDA Olympic Legacy Directorate and Olympic Security Directorate and floors 18, 19 and 20 are occupied by BGC Partners)
- Levels 24 to 29: Working floors
- Level 30: Meeting rooms
- Level 31: Executive offices
It is linked by walkways to the Canada Square shopping mall and Canary Wharf tube station.
See also
- Tall buildings in London
References
- ^ Emporis: One Churchill Place
- ^ Britain's first terror-proof skyscraper at Canary Wharf - Emporis, 2002-12-15.
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Canary Wharf Buildings CurrentOne Canada Square (235 m, 1991) · 8 Canada Square (200 m, 2002) · Citigroup Centre (200 m, 2001) · One Churchill Place (156 m, 2004) · 25 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) · 40 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) · 10 Upper Bank Street (151 m, 2003) · 1 Cabot Square (89 m, 1991) · 5 Canada Square (88 m, 2003) · 25 Cabot Square (81 m, 1991) · 25 North Colonnade (80 m, 1991) · 10 Cabot Square (74 m, 1991) · 20 Canada Square (71 m, 2003) · 20 Bank Street (68 m, 2003) · 20 Cabot Square (65 m, 1991) · 50 Bank Street (63 m, 2002) · 30 South Colonnade (62 m, 1991) · 17 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) · 20 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) · 1 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1992) · 11 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1997) · 15 Westferry Circus (44.5 m, 2001) · 7 Westferry Circus (43.6 m, 1992)Under constructionApproved
Transport links CurrentA13 road · Canary Wharf DLR Station · Canary Wharf Pier · Canary Wharf – Rotherhithe Ferry · Canary Wharf Underground Station · Heron Quays DLR Station · London City Airport · South Quay DLR StationUnder constructionCanary Wharf Crossrail StationOther Skyscrapers over 140 metres in the United Kingdom Completed BT TowerOne Canada Square · Heron Tower · 8 Canada Square · Citigroup Centre · BT Tower · Tower 42 · 30 St Mary Axe · Broadgate Tower · One Churchill Place · 25 Bank Street · 40 Bank Street · 10 Upper Bank Street · Pan Peninsula · Strata SE1 · Guy's Tower · 22 Marsh Wall
Under construction Shard London Bridge · Bishopsgate Tower · Riverside South · St George Wharf Tower · 122 Leadenhall Street
Approved Regal TowerColumbus Tower · North Quay · The Pride · Wood Wharf · Heron Quays West · One Park Place · Beetham Tower · 100 Bishopsgate · 3 Bishops Place · Croydon Gateway Arena Block A · The Blade · 1 Baltimore Wharf · Saffron Square
Savoy Centre TowersProposed V Building · VTP200Millgarth TowerShanghai Tower · King Edward TowerThe Three Houses · 3 Bishops Place · Croydon Gateway Arena Block A · Ram Brewery Tower 1 · Newfoundland · 360-London
Intercontinental Tower · 1 Hardman SquareVisions Mile High Eco Tower · Citygate Ecotower · Mallory Clifford Project · Green Bird · Wembley Park Tower · Aldegate Tower · Glass Tower · Vortex Tower · Credit Suisse First Boston Building · Glengall View Place · Cricklewood Tower · 80 & 88-104 Bishopsgate Redevelopment · Folgate Street (Project Cosmos) · Skyhouse · Royal Courts of Justice · Corporation of London TowerCategories:- Skyscrapers in Tower Hamlets
- Buildings and structures in Tower Hamlets
- Barclays Group
- Canary Wharf buildings
- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
- Buildings and structures completed in 2004
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