1 Cabot Square (also known as the Credit Suisse building) is a 21-floor office building occupied by

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Cabot Square Cabot Square is one of the central squares of the Canary Wharf Development on the Isle of Dogs. The square includes a fountain and several works of art, and is the address for the London Offices of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. In the n ...

Canary Wharf Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central Lo ...

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, England.

History of Project

Original plans called for a skyscraper on this site for

Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston (also known as CSFB and CS First Boston) is the investment banking affiliate of Credit Suisse headquartered in New York. The company was created by the merger of First Boston, First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse, ...

, however the slump at the end of the 1980s saw these plans scaled back.

Architect

The

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

on the project was

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is an American architecture, architectural firm based in New York City, founded in 1955 by I. M. Pei and other associates.

, and the building was completed in 1991. The project had two management contractors Ellis Don and Sir Robert McAlpine.

Architecture

It is 89 metres tall (292 feet), with a floorspace of 50,166 square metres (164,587 square feet). The building has large, open plates on the floor, that range in size from 64,500 square foot to 24,000 square foot in the executive offices. It is internally connected to the west, to 20 Columbus Courtyard, which is also connected to a full-height internal link to the north, 17 Columbus Courtyard. The building is the second largest building located at Canary Wharf, behind the Canary Wharf Tower. The Credit Suisse building has 18 stories with an additional two stories of plant at the top. The building also has a two-story arcade that is located at the base of the building.

Ownership

In early 2012 it was purchased by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund

Qatar Investment Authority The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA; ar, جهاز قطر للإستثمار) is Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country's economy by diversifying into new asset classes. In 2021 ...

(QIA) Subsequently, QIA considered selling it multiple times before eventually selling to KB Securities of South Korea. The building is leased to Credit Suisse for around 20 years and part of Canary Wharf, of which QIA bought a majority in a joint venture with

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in 2015.

Gallery

File:1 Cabot Square with One Canada Square from Westfery Circus in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, spring 2013.jpg, 1 Cabot Square with

One Canada Square One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It was completed in 1991 and is the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at above ground levelAviation charts issued by the Civil Aviation Authority containing 50 storeys. On ...

from Westfery Circus File:London MMB «B5 West India Quay and 1 Cabot Square.jpg, 1

at night File:Canary Wharf - Credit Suisse.jpg, Detail of the building

References

External links

Official Site
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