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Downstream Piazza with Homes and Gardens Pavilion on the right, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: view looking back towards the Shot Tower from the balcony of the Telekinema

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Katz, Bronek (1912-1960)
NOTES: Katz & Vaughan designed the Homes and Gardens Pavilion while Peter Shepheard was responsible for the landscaping of the piazza. The Shot Tower, designed by David Riddal Roper, was built for Thomas Maltby & Company in 1826 and remained in use for the production of lead shot balls until 1949, after which it was incorporated into the scheme for the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank of the River Thames. In 1950 the top of the tower was removed and a steel-framed superstructure was added instead, providing a radio beacon for the duration of the Festival. It was demolished after the Festival to make way for the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which opened in 1967.

Flag poles, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: view from the Piazza

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Shepheard, Sir Peter Faulkner (1913-2002)
NOTES: Peter Shepheard was responsible for the landscaping of the piazza.

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

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Goodden, Robert Yorke (1909-2002)
NOTES: Peter Shepheard was responsible for the landscaping while Goodden & Russell designed the Unicorn Cafe.

Homes and Gardens Pavilion, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: the entrance with the plaster sculpture, 'The Sisters', by J. Matthews

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Clarke-Hall, Denis Lucien (1910-2006)
NOTES: Katz & Vaughan designed the Homes and Gardens Pavilion and D. L. Clarke-Hall was responsible for the interiors.

The Fairway, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London

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Architects Co-operative Partnership
NOTES: The Rocket Cafe is at the end of the Fairway with, on the right, the entrance screen between the Fairway piazza and York Road with administrative offices behind the Fairway Cafe and Information Kiosk at ground level (architects Architects' Co-Partnership).

Transport Pavilion, with entrance to the People of Britain Pavilion in foreground and the Royal Festival Hall in the background, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: view from Station Gate

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ARCON
NOTES: The Transport Pavilion was designed by ARCON; the People of Britain Pavilion was designed by Cadbury-Brown and engineered by F. J. Samuely, and the London County Council were responsible for the Royal Festival Hall.
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