Crossrail Place is a complex built in the North Dock of the

West India Docks The West India Docks are a series of three docks, quaysides and warehouses built to import goods from and export goods and occasionally passengers to the British West Indies on the Isle of Dogs in London the first of which opened in 1802. Follow ...

in London's

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 Lon ...

. It contains

Canary Wharf railway station Canary Wharf is an Elizabeth line station in Canary Wharf in East London, England. The station forms an artificial island in the West India Docks (North Dock). The five upper levels of the station are a mixed-use development known as Crossra ...

and was partly opened on 1 May 2015. ''

Architect Magazine ''Architect Magazine'' is the successor to ''Architecture'', one of a series of periodicals published from before World War I by the American Institute of Architects. Overview This is the sixth iteration of a magazine about the field associate ...

'' described Crossrail Place as an "enormous, ship-like building", and its roof is the largest timber project in the United Kingdom. It was designed by Foster + Partners and Arup. It rises from the Import Dock (North Dock) of

The complex has shops and a cinema, as well as a

roof garden A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors for wildlife, recreational opp ...

, which is open to the public. The garden includes specimens from the Eastern and Western hemispheres, organized in reference to a meridian line.

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* 2015 establishments in England Commercial buildings completed in 2015 Foster and Partners buildings Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway buildings and structures Canary Wharf buildings Roof gardens Canary Wharf Artificial islands of England {{London-struct-stub