Crossrail Place

Crossrail Place
Crossrail Place
	A tunnel (right) leading into Crossrail Place
General information
Type	Commercial
Location	Canary Wharf; London, E14; United Kingdom
Completed	2015; 7 years ago
Owner	Canary Wharf Group; Transport for London (station only)
Design and construction
Architect	Foster and Partners

Crossrail Place is a complex built in the North Dock of the West India Docks in London's Canary Wharf. 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.

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.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Crossrail Place Canary Wharf – Foster + Partners". Fosterandpartners.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Curtis, Nick (14 May 2015). "Norman conquest: Lord Foster's Crossrail Place garden". London Evening Standard. UK. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ Schuler, Timothy A. (24 May 2016). "The Lattice Roof of Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf". Architect Magazine. Hanley Wood Media.
^ Solkoff, Joel (1 May 2015). "Crossrail Place Retail and Roof Garden". E-architect. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Ucelay, Alvaro Menendez. "In pictures: Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail platform level completes". Architectsjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

External links[]

"Canary Wharf website". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Coordinates: 51°30′22″N 0°01′03″W / 51.5061°N 0.0175°W / 51.5061; -0.0175

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[auto-1] "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.

[AJ-5] Ucelay, Alvaro Menendez. "In pictures: Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail platform level completes". Architectsjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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