One Canada Square was completed. It is expected to become the third tallest building in the United Kingdom in 2019 upon completion of 22 Bishopsgate. One Canada Square never achieved the title as tallest skyscraper in the European Union because in accordance to the CTBUH method, a building has to be "completed" before its receives its title, with Messeturm in Frankfurt being completed in 1990. On 15 November 1992, the Provisional Irish Republican Army attempted to place a large improvised explosive device near the tower. The IRA had already worked out that to cause maximum damage, the bomb had to be placed under
1 Thibault Square cafes and coffee shops throughout the day. The building provides a focal point for Thibault Square. In 2008 the building was acknowledged in a national survey by the South African Institute of Architecture to be one of the country’s "good buildings". 1 Thibault Square 1 Thibault Square, formally known as the LG Building and originally known as the BP Centre, is a modernist skyscraper on the European-style Thibault Square at the end of St George’s Mall, Cape Town, South Africa. Work on the building began in 1969 and was completed in 1972. As of 2014 it is the second tallest