One Churchill Place
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One Churchill Place is a 156 m tall skyscraper with 32 floors, and the present (as of 2006) headquarters of Barclays Bank. It is in the Docklands area of London in Canary Wharf. The architect was HOK International. 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 Headquarters and the Citigroup Centre.
The building was formally opened in June 2005 by the Chairman of Barclays, Matthew Barrett, and merged many different 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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Barclays occupy approximately two-thirds of the building, Levels 14-23 being not presently in use by Barclays, as shown by photographs of the building at night. Floors 22 and 23 are currently being leased to the London 2012 Olympic organisations.
- Level -1: Gym
- Ground Floor: Reception
- Level 2: Presentation Suite & Meeting Rooms
- Level 3: Staff restaurant & deli bar
- Levels 4 & 5: Plant
- Levels 6 to 13: Working floors
- Levels 14 to 23: Tenant floors (floors 22 and 23 occupied by London 2012 - LOCOG, ODA and LDA Olympic Land Team)
- Levels 24 to 29: Working floors
- Level 30: Meeting rooms
- Level 31: Executive Committee offices, Boardroom and Executive Dining restaurant
It is linked by underground walkways to the Canada Square shopping mall and Canary Wharf tube station.
[edit] Security
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.
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| Canary Wharf, London |
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| 1 Canada Square | HSBC Tower | Citigroup Centre | One Churchill Place | 10 Upper Bank Street | 40 Bank Street | 25 Bank Street | 1 Cabot Square | 5 Canada Square | 33 Canada Square | 10 Cabot Square | 25 Cabot Square | 25 North Colonnade | 20 Canada Square | 50 Bank Street | 20 Bank Street | 20 Cabot Square | 30 South Colonnade | 11 Westferry Circus | 1 Westferry Circus | 17 Columbus Courtyard | 20 Columbus Courtyard | 15 Westferry Circus | 7 Westferry Circus Transport Links: Canary Wharf DLR | Canary Wharf Tube | Canary Wharf Pier | Heron Quays DLR | London City Airport | South Quay DLR |
UK Skyscrapers Completed: One Canada Square · HSBC Tower · Citigroup Centre · 30 St Mary Axe · Tower 42 · One Churchill Place · Beetham Tower
Expected: Shard London Bridge · Bishopsgate Tower · Heron Tower · 122 Leadenhall Street · V Building · Inacity Tower
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