One Canada Square One Canada Square One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It is the second tallest building in the United Kingdom at above ground level containing 50 stories. One Canada Square was designed by Cesar Pelli, Adamson Associates and Frederick Gibberd Coombes. The design and shape are based on earlier precedents buildings that include Brookfield Place and Elizabeth Tower. The building is clad with durable stainless steel. One of the predominant features of the building is the pyramid roof, which contains a flashing aircraft warning light, a rare feature for buildings in the United Kingdom. The distinctive pyramid
Dorset Square is at no. 8. Number 1 currently houses the London branch of Alliance Française but during WWII functioned as its international headquarters when the original in Paris was closed. A plaque by the front door commemorates the building's history as the site from which agents of the French Resistance were equipped for, and dispatched to, undercover missions in Occupied France. In birth order: Dorset Square Dorset Square is a garden square in Marylebone, London. The square is on the site of what was Lord's Old Cricket Ground before its relocation. Dorset Square is on the site of what was Lord's