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St Pancras Hotel and Chambers, Euston Road, London
RIBA3132-40
NOTES: St Pancras Station opened in 1868 while the hotel, also known as the Midland Grand Hotel, opened in 1874. The latter was built for the eponymous railway company to receive travellers through the adjacent St Pancras Station. It was converted into offices in 1935.
Euston Arch, Euston Station, London
RIBA3419-57
NOTES: This monumental arch was controversially demolished in 1962 to make way for a new modern complex, designed by R. L. Moorcroft, Midland regional architect of British Railways, completed in 1968.
Villa Rotonda (Villa Almerico Capra), Vicenza
RIBA3472-61
NOTES: The villa was already inhabited in 1569 but still incomplete. It was finished by Vincenzo Scamozzi in 1606 to Palladio's original design.
Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome
RIBA3658-72
NOTES: The fountain by Giacomo della Porta (1575) is surmounted by an obelisk of Rameses the Great erected here in 1711.
Central post office administration, Post Office Square, Asmara
RIBA4438
NOTES: The building was orginally the tribunal.
University of Asmara training centre, Post Office Square, Asmara
RIBA4467
NOTES: The building was originally a bank.
