Howells’ plans to redevelop Canary Wharf office approved after failed listing bid

By Tom Lowe2026-11-03T12:17:00

Early 90s building to be partly demolished and extended

Tower Hamlets council has approved Howells’ plans to redevelop a 1990s office building in Canary Wharf which was granted immunity from listing last month.

Campaign group the Twentieth Century Society had tried to get 10 Cabot Square listed at grade II, arguing the ten-storey building was“the finest example” of the Chicago style Beaux-Arts revival type of architecture remaining in Canary Wharf.

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