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Villa Cavrois, Croix: detail of light fitting
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NOTES: The Villa Cavrois was designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1929-1932 for the wealthy industrialist Paul Cavrois. Remodelled in 1947 by Pierre Barbe, it was converted into three flats. In 1985 it had fallen into disrepair and by 2001 it was a virtual ruin, when it was bought by the state for a nominal sum of 1 euro, along with part of the grounds. Since then, there has been an extensive programme to restore the house back to its original 1932 form, under the supervison of Michel Goutal, Chief Architect of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. This was completed in 2015, when the villa was opened to the public.
Bentalls Department Store, Clarence Street / Wood Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, London: the soda bar
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NOTES: The department store was originally built in 1930-1931 by Maurice Webb.
Bentalls Department Store, Clarence Street / Wood Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, London: the soda bar
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NOTES: The department store was originally built in 1930-1931 by Maurice Webb.
The Chestnut public house, 198 Upper Tulse Hill, London: the saloon bar
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NOTES: This public house was on the site of the London County Council's St Martin's housing estate and was designed by the Design Research Unit. The architects were Misha Black, Alexander Gibson and John McNeil. Milner Gray and Ronald Ingles were the lettering consultants and Alan Ball was the designer of the freestanding sign and decorated tile panels.
Theatre Bar, Polytechnic of North London, Holloway Road, London: the polished steel light fittings
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NOTES: This was a bar created for the polytecnic's theatre. It was orginally a music hall and occupies two buildings a brick and concrete frame, 1960s foyer and an adjoining Victorian hall. The Polytechnic of North London is now the London Metropolitan University and Florian Beigel was the founder of the Architecture Research Unit there.
Theatre Bar, Polytechnic of North London, Holloway Road, London: the wooden benches with overhead lighting
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NOTES: This was a bar created for the polytecnic's theatre. It was orginally a music hall and occupies two buildings a brick and concrete frame, 1960s foyer and an adjoining Victorian hall. The Polytechnic of North London is now the London Metropolitan University and Florian Beigel was the founder of the Architecture Research Unit there. See RIBA158645 for a colour version of this image.
Theatre Bar, Polytechnic of North London, Holloway Road, London: the saloon bar with folded sheet steel lighting
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NOTES: This was a bar created for the polytecnic's theatre. It was orginally a music hall and occupies two buildings a brick and concrete frame, 1960s foyer and an adjoining Victorian hall. The Polytechnic of North London is now the London Metropolitan University and Florian Beigel was the founder of the Architecture Research Unit there. See RIBA158646 for a colour version of this image.