Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London: one of the meeting rooms to the side of the auditorium at stalls level with furniture designed by Robin Day

RIBA Ref No RIBA42689

Architect/Designer	Day, Robin (1915-2010)
	London County Council. Architects Department
Artist/Photographer	Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1951
Image Date	1951
View	Interior
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP448/127
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Draperies, curtains ; Exhibition buildings ; Riverside buildings ; Concert halls ; Seating ; Carpets

NOTES: Meeting rooms were planned on either side of the auditorium at rear stalls level. The stacking chairs, designed by Robin Day and made of steel and formed plywood with sapele mahogany veneer, were also used for the orchestra in the auditorium.

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