Factory for Boots Pure Drug Company, Beeston, Nottinghamshire: roof of the 'wets' building
Architect/Designer | Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969) |
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Artist/Photographer | Sims & Co. |
Country | UK: England |
City | Beeston |
Subject Date | 1932 |
Image Date | 1932 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | A16/2 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Roofs ; Curtain walling ; Commercial buildings ; Concrete ; Factories |
NOTES: This, the D10 Building, is noteworthy for its use of reinforced concrete and glass cladding. It is the earliest example of such a structural system in a large scale industrial building in England. It was Grade I listed in 1971.
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