One Canada Square of the building, designed by Cesar Pelli and Koetter Kim. The extension replaced the stainless steel columns, car parking spaces and road leading to Canada Square. The extension was made to create more retail space at street level, where five tenants were chosen to occupy the space: four restaurants and Lloyds Bank. The extension's roof terrace is open to diners and contains a green roof having sedum moss. The name given to the building by the developers is 'One Canada Square', but it is often incorrectly called 'Canary Wharf Tower' or simply 'Canary Wharf'. The Civil Aviation Authority shows the
8 Canada Square 8 Canada Square 8 Canada Square (also known as the HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. The building serves as the global headquarters of the HSBC Group. Sir Norman Foster’s team of architects designed the tower, which was built between January 1999 and 2002 by Canary Wharf Contractors. Upon completion, it stood at 200 metres high, or 656 feet. The 42 above-ground floors housed around 8,000 HSBC staff members. Their first day of work in the new building was 2 September 2002, and the grand opening followed on 2 April 2003. With the movement of HSBC Group's