Crossrail Place

{{short description|Structure in the West India Docks, Canary Wharf, London}}

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| name = Crossrail Place

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| caption = Crossrail Place pictured in April 2024

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| location = Canary Wharf,
London, {{postcode|E|14}}
United Kingdom

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| completion_date = {{Start date and age|2015}}

| building_type = Commercial

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| architect = Foster and Partners,{{cite web|url=https://www.fosterandpartners.com/zh/projects/crossrail-place-canary-wharf/|title=Crossrail Place Canary Wharf – Foster + Partners|website=Fosterandpartners.com|accessdate=20 March 2019}} Adamson Associates Architects (as executive architect)

| owner = Canary Wharf Group
Transport for London (station only)

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Crossrail Place is a complex built in the North Dock of the West India Docks in London's Canary Wharf, as part of the railway project Crossrail. It contains Canary Wharf railway station and was partly opened on 1 May 2015.{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/design/norman-conquest-lord-fosters-crossrail-place-garden-10247656.html | title=Norman conquest: Lord Foster's Crossrail Place garden | newspaper=London Evening Standard | location=UK | first=Nick | last=Curtis | date=14 May 2015 | accessdate=26 July 2015 }} Architect Magazine described Crossrail Place as an "enormous, ship-like building", and its roof is the largest timber project in the United Kingdom.{{cite web

| url = https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/detail/the-lattice-roof-of-crossrail-place-at-canary-wharf_o

| title = The Lattice Roof of Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf

| last = Schuler

| first = Timothy A.

| date = May 24, 2016

| website = Architect Magazine

| publisher = Hanley Wood Media

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| quote = }} It was designed by Foster + Partners and Arup.{{cite web|url=https://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/crossrail-place-retail-and-roof-garden-in-canary-wharf|title=Crossrail Place Retail and Roof Garden|first=Joel|last=Solkoff|date=1 May 2015|website=E-architect|accessdate=20 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/in-pictures-fosters-canary-wharf-crossrail-platform-level-completes/8628443.article|title=In pictures: Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail platform level completes|first=Alvaro Menendez|last=Ucelay|website=Architectsjournal.co.uk|date=28 March 2012 |accessdate=20 March 2019}} It rises from the Import Dock (North Dock) of West India Docks.

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The complex has shops and a cinema, as well as a roof garden, which is open to the public. The garden includes specimens from the Eastern and Western hemispheres, organized in reference to a meridian line.

== Awards and accreditations ==

The design and development of Crossrail Place won several international and United Kingdom awards.[https://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/crossrail-place-canary-wharf Projects / Crossrail Place Canary Wharf]Foster + Partner. Retrieved 24 December 2023. Selected notable awards include:

• “Best Urban Regeneration Project” at 2016 MIPIM awards in France,[https://www.cityam.com/canary-wharfs-crossrail-place-gets-international-acclaim-picking-up-a-gong-at-mipims-annual-awards-ceremony/ Canary Wharf’s Crossrail Place gets international acclaim, picking up a gong at Mipim’s annual awards ceremony]CityA.M. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
• the first prize for the best “Innovative Design of a Contemporary Garden” at the 2017 European Garden Awards in Berlin,[https://www.gillespies.co.uk/news/gillespies-scoops-first-prize-at-the-european-garden-awards-for-crossrail-place-roof-garden Gillespies scoops first prize at the European Garden Awards for Crossrail Place Roof Garden]Gillespies. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
• Crossrail Place Roof Garden received a Highly Commended accolade at the 2016 Landscape Institute Awards in the category “Design for a Small-Scale Development”,[https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/crossrail-place-european-garden-award-2017/ LI-commended Crossrail Place Roof Garden wins European Garden Award]Landscape Institute. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
• “Transport and Infrastructure” award at the 2016 New London Awards,[https://group.canarywharf.com/press-release/award-winning-crossrail-place-at-canary-wharf-adds-to-its-collection-010816/ Award-Winning Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Adds to its Collection – 01.08.16]Canary Wharf Group plc. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
• “London Infrastructure civil engineering award” by Institution of Civil Engineers in 2014.[https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20967692.crossrail-gets-award-sinking-canary-wharf-station-docks/ Crossrail gets award for sinking Canary Wharf station under the docks]East London Advertiser. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2023.