8 Canada Square

8 Canada Square
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General information
LocationCanary Wharf
London, E14
United Kingdom
Construction started1999
Completed2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Height200 m (656 ft)
Technical details
Floor count45
Floor area164,410 m2 (1,769,700 sq ft)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Foster and Partners

8 Canada Square (commonly referred to as the HSBC Tower, or the “Tower of Doom” by some HSBC employees)[2] is a 45 floor skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. The building is the global headquarters of the HSBC Holdings.[3]

  1. ^ "8 Canada Square". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cruise, Sinead; Withers, Iain (29 September 2022). "HSBC to review Canary Wharf tower HQ, consider new London base". Reuters. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ Treanor, Jill (15 February 2016). "HSBC to keep its headquarters in London". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2018.