East India Dock House is a Grade II* listed building[1] in Poplar and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was originally built in 1988 as a printworks for the Financial Times.

East India Dock House
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General information
ClassificationGrade II* listed building
LocationEast India Dock
Address240 East India Dock Road
Town or cityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′40″N 0°00′21″W / 51.5111°N 0.0058°W / 51.5111; -0.0058
Design and construction
Architect(s)Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

History

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East India Dock House was built in 1988 by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (now Grimshaw Architects) as a printing house for the Financial Times.[2] The building is made out of cladding, steel and glass, and is situated on East India Dock Road.[3][4] During the early 1990s, it won multiple architectural awards.[4] The Financial Times moved out in 1995,[2] and the building was later used as a data centre.[4] It became a Grade II* listed building in 2016.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "East India Dock House, former Financial Times Print Works (1430114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). London: East. Yale University Press. p. 661. ISBN 0300107013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ Allinson, Kenneth; Thornton, Victoria (2014). Guide to London's Contemporary Architecture. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483278346. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "East India Dock House, former Financial Times Print Works". Historic England. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.