Crossrail Place

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Crossrail Place
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Crossrail Place pictured in April 2024
Crossrail Place
General information
TypeCommercial
Location Canary Wharf,
London, E14
United Kingdom
Completed2015;10 years ago (2015)
Owner Canary Wharf Group
Transport for London (station only)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Foster and Partners [1] , Adamson Associates Architects (as executive architect)

Crossrail Place is a complex built in the North Dock of the West India Docks in London's Canary Wharf, as part of the railway project Crossrail. It contains Canary Wharf railway station and was partly opened on 1 May 2015. [2] Architect Magazine described Crossrail Place as an "enormous, ship-like building", and its roof is the largest timber project in the United Kingdom. [3] It was designed by Foster + Partners and Arup. [1] [4] [5] It rises from the Import Dock (North Dock) of West India Docks.

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The roof garden Canary Wharf Crossrail Place.JPG
The roof garden

The complex has shops and a cinema, as well as a roof garden, which is open to the public. [5] The garden includes specimens from the Eastern and Western hemispheres, organized in reference to a meridian line.

Awards and accreditations

The design and development of Crossrail Place won several international and United Kingdom awards. [6] Selected notable awards include:

References

  1. 1 2 "Crossrail Place Canary Wharf – Foster + Partners". Fosterandpartners.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Curtis, Nick (14 May 2015). "Norman conquest: Lord Foster's Crossrail Place garden". London Evening Standard . UK. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Schuler, Timothy A. (24 May 2016). "The Lattice Roof of Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf". Architect Magazine. Hanley Wood Media.
  4. ↑ Solkoff, Joel (1 May 2015). "Crossrail Place Retail and Roof Garden". E-architect. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 Ucelay, Alvaro Menendez (28 March 2012). "In pictures: Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail platform level completes". Architectsjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Projects / Crossrail Place Canary WharfFoster + Partner. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Canary Wharf’s Crossrail Place gets international acclaim, picking up a gong at Mipim’s annual awards ceremonyCityA.M. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Gillespies scoops first prize at the European Garden Awards for Crossrail Place Roof GardenGillespies. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  9. ↑ LI-commended Crossrail Place Roof Garden wins European Garden AwardLandscape Institute. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Award-Winning Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Adds to its Collection – 01.08.16Canary Wharf Group plc. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Crossrail gets award for sinking Canary Wharf station under the docksEast London Advertiser. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

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