One Great George Street

One Great George Street, is a building in London, England, that is the global headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Its location is in Westminster, just off Parliament Square. The building was originally a venue for ICE members to relax, meet and have conferences, but the facility became available for public events in 1989. From 1839 until 1913, ICE occupied numbers 24-26 Great George Street. In the mid 1880s the government proposed re-development of the area around Great George Street to provide more office space for government departments. This meant the demolition of ICE's first location and lead ICE to a move its headquarters across the road to numbers 1-7. One Great George Street was built for ICE between 1910...