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The Priory, Priory Park, Blackheath, London: a bedroom in a flat

RIBA48291
Lyons, Eric Alfred (1912-1980)
NOTES: This is a Span development.

The Hall, Blackheath, London: the dining area in a Hall 2 house

RIBA48381
Lyons, Eric Alfred (1912-1980)
NOTES: This is a Span development.

Westminster Abbey, London: the baldacchino over the entrance to the abbey annex on the west front for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Bedford, Eric (1909-2001)
NOTES: Elizabeth ascended the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

Swanley Hall, Wye College, Kent: fitted furniture in a typical study-bedroom

RIBA52597
Sheppard, Sir Richard Herbert (1910-1982)
NOTES: This hostel for Wye College, a College of the University of London specializing in agriculture and horticulture, provided accommodation for about a hundred women students with teaching staff. The hostel also provided amenities which had been lacking such as a library, reading rooms, a quiet room, music rooms and several common rooms.

Blackpool Casino, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool: the Savarin restaurant

RIBA52678
Emberton, Joseph (1889-1956)
NOTES: This circular building is carried on a concrete raft on which all columns rest and reinforced concrete was used for the structure of walls, floors and roof. The circle is divided into three zones: service, forming the hub, round which are grouped offices and recreational facitlities.

Furnished Room Section, 'Britain Can Make It' exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London: flat and kitchenette and recess

RIBA52692
Gibberd, Sir Frederick (1908-1984)
NOTES: F. R. S. Yorke was the co-ordinating architect for the whole Furnished Room Section.

College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: the Senior Common Room in the Hall of Assembly

RIBA52705
Stubbs, Alan Valentine
NOTES: Built as a Royal Air Force Station prior to World War II, some of these buildings were converted internally to make the new College of Aeronautics which opened in 1946. The consulting architect was Alan Stubbs and the work was carried out by the Air Ministry Works Directorate.

Dick Sheppard Secondary School for Girls, Tulse Hill, London: the assembly hall looking to the curtains closing off the assembly hall from the entrance hall

RIBA52778
Yorke Rosenberg & Mardall
NOTES: The school was closed in 1994 and a few years later the site sold by the local council for housing.

SS Oriana: a first class twin cabin

RIBA52962
Design Research Unit
NOTES: Built at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, SS Oriana, launched in November 1959, was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. Absorbed into P&O in 1960, she was retired from service in 1986. The naval architect was Charles F. Morris while the Design Research Unit co-cordinated the design of the public rooms.

Example of a living room designed with Crittall sliding concertina windows

RIBA55145
NOTES: The Crittall Company based in Witham, Essex, had been leading manufacturers of steel-framed windows since 1889. During the 1950s the company began to produce aluminum windows and curtain walling.
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