Open City Architecture Tours: Hidden West End

Event Image: 

venue:

The Building Centre
Store Street
WC1E 7BT

Contact Name: 

Adrianna Carroll-Battaglino

Contact Number: 

020 7383 2131

Date: 

Next event (Monthly): Thu 21st Jun 12 at 10:00am View all dates

All scheduled dates:

  • Sat 21st Apr 12 at 10:00am (ended)
  • Mon 21st May 12 at 10:00am 
  • Thu 21st Jun 12 at 10:00am 
  • Sat 21st Jul 12 at 10:00am 
  • Tue 21st Aug 12 at 10:00am 
  • Fri 21st Sep 12 at 10:00am 
  • Sun 21st Oct 12 at 10:00am 
  • Wed 21st Nov 12 at 10:00am 
  • Fri 21st Dec 12 at 10:00am 


Cost: 

£11.50/£9.50


description:

London’s second heartland, encompassing the historical expansion from the seats of power within Whitehall and the City. Here, the aristocratic estates of West London were speculatively developed into the set of Georgian streets and squares such as those of Bloomsbury that characterise this area.
Legal and educational institutions sit side-by-side, Senate House and Garden Court Chambers. But this is also London's cultural core, where major contemporary adaptations and upgrades of historical landmarks make them fit for modern purpose - Victoria House, Beaux Arts Portland stone with new “pod” insertions by Alsop Architects, Lamb’s Conduit Street an unusual survival of a local Georgian shopping street and McCann London an example of 1930s “streamline style”.
Walking tour, departing from The Building Centre, Store Street WC1E 7BT at 10am
Cost £11.50/£9.50 concession


http://www.open-city.org.uk