One Canada Square to the Security Director itemising how many people have left the affected floor and how many remain. One Canada Square has a steel pendulum that serves as a tuned mass damper. The pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts of wind. The building can sway in the strongest winds. The lobby is high, clad in Italian Rosso Levanto and Verde Imperial Guatemalan marbles imported from Italy, Guatemala and Turkey. The marble clad under steel ceilings gives the impression of: ""Rather than entering a corporate reception, you feel as if you’re entering a hushed antespace of
Canada House future Macdonald House, located at 1 Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, in 1961. In 1993, Canada House was closed by the Canadian government as a cost-cutting measure with the intention of selling it. A change of government in Canada saw this decision reversed and renovations were planned instead, beginning in 1997. The building was officially reopened by Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, in May 1998. To commemorate the reopening, a detachment from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, came to London and mounted the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace. Canada House was closed again in 2010 and