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Geological Museum BWS01_01_08

Geological Museum, Exhibition Road, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London. A view from the ground floor of the Geological Museum during construction, showing the steel frames.
The Geological Museum moved from its site on Jermyn Street to this new building on Exhibition Road in 1935. The new museum was designed by Sir Richard Allison and John Hatton Markham of H M Office of Works. The steel frames used in the construction of the building were manufactured by Banister, Walton and Co Ltd. The Geological Museum subsequently became part of the Natural History Museum

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Pumping Station DP195587

Isle of Dogs Pumping Station, Stewart Street, Tower Hamlets,
London. John Outram's Temple of Storms was built as part of the 1980s regeneration of London's Docklands. Edward Hollamby was chief architect and planner to the Docklands Development Corporation and, rather than using his in-house team, hired a number of leading private architects including Nicholas Grimshaw, Richard Rogers and John Outram. Built on a small budget, the pumping station is (typically of Outram's work) heavy with complex iconography making extensive reference classical architecture and mythology. It was listed at Grade II* in 2017

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British Library DP183911

The British Library, 96 Euston Road, Kings Cross, Camden, London.
Colin St John Wilson architect. Construction started in1982 and completed in 1997. Eduardo Paolozzi's bronze statue based on William Blake's study of Isaac Newton can be seen in the courtyard. View from south west

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