NOTES: Built in 1927-1929 on a triangular site, these headquarters for what is now London Underground Limited incorporated St James's Park underground station.
NOTES: This photograph, taken prior to the rebuilding of the bank, comes from the Francis William Troup archive held at the RIBA Library. Troup was a consultant architect to the Bank of England and prepared designs for the rebuilding of the Threadneedle site in 1920. The commission was given to Sir Herbert Baker in 1921 with whom Troup worked initially as supervising architect.
NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).
NOTES: This is an example of an experimental series of modernised branch post offices in London designed by Misha Black and the Design Research unit in association with Sir Hugh Casson.
NOTES: This is an example of an experimental series of modernised branch post offices in London designed by Misha Black and the Design Research unit in association with Sir Hugh Casson.