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Office block under construction, Harewood Avenue, Marylebone, London
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NOTES: This is part of a series of images taken by John Maltby showing the construction of this office block. It was sited next to Marylebone Station, but has since been demolished.
Office block under construction, Harewood Avenue, Marylebone, London: the front elevation
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NOTES: This is part of a series of images taken by John Maltby showing the construction of this office block. It was sited next to Marylebone Station, but has since been demolished.
Unilever House, Blackfriars, City of London: a statue of a Japanese lady being lifted to a parapet 120 feet above the ground.
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NOTES: James Lomax-Simpson joined Lever Brothers in 1910 as company architect. Unilever House, originally called Lever House, was designed by Lomax-Simpson in conjunction with Sir John Burnet Tait & Partners and built 1930-1932. The statue is part of a set representing the three ethnic groups of the world; Asian, African and Caucausian.
Offices, St Katherine's Dock, London, during construction in March 1964
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NOTES: These offices were built as headquarters for the Port of London Authority's police force. The building replaces a block of offices designed by Philip Hardwick which were destroyed during the Second World War.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong: the maintenance crane and gantry at the top of the building
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NOTES: See RIBA157351 for a colour version of this image.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong: the massive cross bracing between the two towers with the maintenance cranes above on the east side of the building
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NOTES: See RIBA157361 for a colour version of this image.
Royal Docks, Newham, London: looking through a crane arch to the two-storey transit sheds of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921). See RIBA130457 for a colour version of this image.
Royal Docks, Newham, London: detail of the facade of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921).
Royal Docks, Newham, London: the facade of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921). See RIBA130456 for a colour version of this image.
Royal Docks, Newham, London: looking towards the facade of the two-storey transit shed of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921).
Royal Docks, Newham, London: the two-storey transit shed of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921).
Royal Docks, Newham, London: the facade of the King George V Dock
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NOTES: The Royal Docks were the last group of docks to be built in London, between 1850 and 1921, and the last to close in 1921; they include the Royal Victoria Dock (1850-1855), the Royal Albert Dock (1875-1880) and the King George V Dock (1912-1921). See RIBA130453 for a black and white version of this image.