Queen's Building, London Airport: landside view from the roof of the Control Building

RIBA Ref No RIBA25250

Architect/Designer	Gibberd, Sir Frederick (1908-1984)
Artist/Photographer	Wainwright, Herbert Lionel (1902-1976)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1953
Image Date	1956
View	Exterior
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP256/223
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Brickwork ; Steel ; Airports

NOTES: Originally called the Eastern Apex Building, it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and renamed in her honour. It was demolished in 2009 to make way for the new Heathrow Terminal 2. London Aiport was renamed Heathrow in 1966.

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