East India Dock House | |
Coordinates: | 51.5111°N -0.0058°W |
Classification: | Grade II* listed building |
Location: | East India Dock |
Address: | 240 East India Dock Road |
Location City: | London |
Location Country: | United Kingdom |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Architect: | Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners |
East India Dock House is a Grade II* listed building 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 was built in 1988 by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (now Grimshaw Architects) as a printing house for the Financial Times.[1] The building is made out of cladding, steel and glass, and is situated on East India Dock Road.[2] [3] During the early 1990s, it won multiple architectural awards.[3] The Financial Times moved out in 1995,[1] and the building was later used as a data centre.[3] It became a Grade II* listed building in 2016.[3]