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One Churchill Place
One Churchill Place

One Churchill Place is the new headquarters of Barclays Bank. It is in the Docklands area of London near Canary Wharf. Barclays One Churchill Place taken by C Ford, March 04. ... Barclays One Churchill Place taken by C Ford, March 04. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in the east of London, England, comprising parts of several boroughs (Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham) in Greater London. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) 1 Canada Square (Canary Wharf tower) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom...


It is a skyscraper which is 156m tall and has 32 floors. The architect is 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 building and the Citibank building. Taipei 101, considered the worlds tallest skyscraper. ...


The building was formally opened in June 2005 by the Chairman, Matthew Barrett, and the project represented the bringing together of many different Barclays offices across London into one building. The former corporate HQ was at 54 Lombard Street in the City of London. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... Lombard Street is a road in the City of London. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ...

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Layout

Barclays occupy approximately two-thirds of the building, Levels 14-23 being not presently in use. This is illustrated by photographs of the building at night[1]

  • 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 (currently not in use by Barclays)
  • Levels 24 to 29: Working floors
  • Level 30: Meeting rooms
  • Level 31: Executive Committee offices, Boardroom and Executive Dining restaurant

Security

Designed in the wake of 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.


See also

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