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It's the penthouse for US life insurance company Metlife, which is reported to be moving into the top floor of One Canada Square.

Bloomberg News claims 250 employees will be moving into the 235m sq space on the 50th floor of the Canary Wharf landmark in July.

The title of the latest exhibition in the lobby of One Canada Square marries two sources of yellow in the artist's life - the door to his studio and the third level of storm warning in China, where the work was created.

Malcolm Ross-White has been travelling back and forth to the East for about six years and works in Jingdezhen, China's major centre for ceramics production.

Take a look at the facade of One Canada Square next month and do not be afraid to say what you see. A 14-metre artwork baring a striking resemblance to a Rorschach ink blot test, is on its way and it's likely to distract from the Wharf's most recognisable tower.

It is a one-off piece based on an organic ceramic work by the sculptor Peter Randall Page and forms part of a larger exhibition of his work scheduled to arrive on the estate in April.

Michael Stipe, Bill Nighy and Glenda Jackson are among the famous faces to be found in the lobby of One Canada Square from this week. Immortalised in clay they are part of a collection of figurative pieces by artist Glenys Barton.

The sculptor originally trained as a dancer at the Laban Dance Centre, now based in Deptford. And it was there her fascination with people's bodies first developed.

When supermarket staff found a woman on the floor, clutching a bag of dried chickpeas, they were initially concerned for her health.

The woman was sculptor Wendy Taylor and she hadn't been working too hard, she had just discovered the perfect material to recreate the shell of a dung beetle with, so naturally was working out how much she would need to buy.