One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London, the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at 770 feet, or 235 meters, above ground and containing 50 floors. It became the tallest building in the UK on its completion in 1991 and held the title for 21 years, until The Shard, at 310 meters, was completed in 2012.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own accountCommercial office skyscraper 1 LocationSourced to the subject's own accountCanary Wharf, London, England 1 Completed Year Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source One Canada Square (Wikipedia)
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1. One Canada Square (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, sentence 1
One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London.
- infobox, building_type field
lead paragraph, sentence 2
It is the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at 770 feet (235 m) above ground level, and contains 50 floors.
lead paragraph, sentence 3
It achieved the title of the tallest building in the UK upon completion in 1991 and held the title for 21 years until the completion of The Shard (310m) in 2012.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London, the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at 770 feet, or 235 meters, above ground and containing 50 floors. It became the tallest building in the UK on its completion in 1991 and held the title for 21 years, until The Shard, at 310 meters, was completed in 2012.
In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modern architecture in the United Kingdom
Uses Element: Stainless Steel, Wikipedia article
The building is clad with stainless steel.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: One Canada Square
- Wikidata Q503477, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q503477, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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