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Unicorn Cafe, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: close-up of the moated forecourt

RIBA Ref No RIBA38621
Architect/DesignerGoodden, Robert Yorke (1909-2002)
Russell, Sir Gordon (1892-1980)
Shepheard, Sir Peter Faulkner (1913-2002)
Artist/PhotographerGalwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1951
Image Date1951
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP141/123
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectExhibitions ; People ; Exhibition buildings ; Moats ; Cafeterias ; Canopies ; Hard landscaping ; Reflections
NOTES: Peter Shepheard was responsible for the landscaping while Goodden & Russell designed the Unicorn Cafe
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