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This is a list of companies in London, England. London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. With an estimated 8,308,369 residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
St. James's Square, c. 1722 Fitzroy Square. Squares have long been a feature of London and come in numerous identifiable forms. The landscaping spectrum of squares stretches from those with more hardscape, constituting town squares (also known as city squares)—to those with communal gardens, for which London is a major international exponent, known as garden squares.
Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central London. [1] Alongside the City of London , it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, [ 2 ] containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK , One ...
Five of these are major new squares - Granary Square, Station Square, Pancras Square, Cubitt Square, and North Square - which together total 8 acres (3.2 ha). In addition, the proposals include 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) of new public realm along the Regent's Canal (the Gas Holders Zone and Coal Drops Yard [ 22 ] and within a new " Cubitt Park ".
Rathbone Square is a 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) development in central London. The site was bought from Royal Mail Group for £120m in September 2011; it was the former West End Delivery Office. Design
One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It is the third tallest building in the United Kingdom at 770 feet (235 m) above ground level , [ 17 ] and contains 50 storeys. 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.
WRBC Services Ltd applied to the City of London Corporation for planning permission in September 2012 to demolish Prudential House (52–54 Lime Street and 21–26 Leadenhall Street), Allianz Cornhill House (27-27A Leadenhall Street), and Winterthur House (34–36 Leadenhall Street and 4–5 Billiter Street) and to construct a new building of 38 storeys comprising office and retail uses.
Mason's Yard is a square or cul-de-sac on the east side of Duke Street in the St James's area of London in the City of Westminster. The White Cube gallery in Mason's Yard. White Cube has one of its two London galleries locations here, which opened in September 2006 at 25–26 Mason's Yard. The plot was previously occupied by an electricity ...