East India Dock House

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East India Dock House
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East India Dock House
General information
Classification Grade II* listed building
Location East India Dock
Address240 East India Dock Road
Town or cityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51°30′40″N0°00′21″W / 51.5111°N 0.0058°W / 51.5111; -0.0058
Design and construction
Architect(s) Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

East India Dock House is a Grade II* listed building [1] in Poplar and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was originally built in 1988 as a printworks for the Financial Times .

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History

East India Dock House was built in 1988 by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (now Grimshaw Architects) as a printing house for the Financial Times . [2] The building is made out of cladding, steel and glass, and is situated on East India Dock Road. [3] [4] During the early 1990s, it won multiple architectural awards. [4] The Financial Times moved out in 1995, [2] and the building was later used as a data centre. [4] It became a Grade II* listed building in 2016. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "East India Dock House, former Financial Times Print Works (1430114)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). London: East. Yale University Press. p. 661. ISBN   0300107013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Allinson, Kenneth; Thornton, Victoria (2014). Guide to London's Contemporary Architecture. Elsevier. ISBN   9781483278346. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "East India Dock House, former Financial Times Print Works". Historic England. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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