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Commercial Union Tower (Aviva Tower), I Undershaft, City of London, seen from Leadenhall Street
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NOTES: This tower was originally built as a pair with the P & O Building at 122 Leadenhall Street which was demolished in 2008.
Fagus factory, Alfeld an der Leine, Lower Saxony
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NOTES: This shoe last factory, commissioned by Karl Benscheidt (1858-1947), is considered to be an important example of early modern architecture, especially as an early example of the use of curtain walling.
Bull Ring shopping centre with the Rotunda under construction in the right background, Birmingham
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NOTES: The Bull Ring shopping centre was designed by the Birmingham City Architects Department and built between 1961 and 1964. The Rotunda was designed by James A. Roberts in 1964-1965.
Corner welder, Crittall's works, Witham, Essex
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NOTES: Crittall were leading manufacturers of steel-framed windows.
Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London: south transept and water tower
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NOTES: Joseph Paxton designed Sydenham Park as the garden setting for his Crystal Palace, which was erected in Hyde Park in 1851 for the Great Exhibition and rebuilt in a greatly enlarged and amended form at Sydenham in 1852-1854. Since this giant glasshouse stood at the summit of a very steep hill, Paxton chose a formal, terraced design, inspired by the Italian villa gardens he had seen whilst on the Grand Tour with the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1838-1839.