Radio & television studios

NOTES: See RIBA116205 for a black and white version of this image.

NOTES: All Souls was built by John Nash in 1822-1824. The Langham Hotel is by Giles & Murray in 1863. The hotel was damaged by fire in 1989 and subsequently restored by the Halpern Partnership.This image was taken prior to the fire.

NOTES: The drawing to the left shows a partial section of the front facade, with the vertical 'TVam' lettering running along the left of the elevation. A partial elevation of the back canal facade is shown to the right, depicting one of the famous eggcups atop the stepped sawtooth roof. The arched upper window places this part of the elevation to the left of the facade. A larger detail of an eggcup is also shown in the upper right corner. Simon Sturgis led on the design of the front facade, and John Letherland on the back.

NOTES: The drawing to the left shows a partial section of the front facade, with the vertical 'TVam' lettering running along the left of the elevation. A partial elevation of the back canal facade is shown to the right, depicting one of the famous eggcups atop the stepped sawtooth roof. The arched upper window places this part of the elevation to the left of the facade. A larger detail of an eggcup is also shown in the upper right corner. Simon Sturgis led on the design of the front facade, and John Letherland on the back.

NOTES: The double-height atrium, central to the TV-am building, was designed on an east-west axis to reflect the path of the sun. To the east, the green room was modelled on a Japanese temple, and the grand central staircase on a Mesopotamian ziggurat. Passing under a bridge in the form of a Classical temple and through a Mediterranean garden, the atrium ends at its most westerly point in a desert landscape. Clive Wilkinson led on all the interior designs.

NOTES: This drawing is a print with coloured crayons.