Daily Express Building (London)
United Kingdom /
England /
London /
Fleet Street, 120
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ London
Streamline Moderne (architecture), Art Deco (architecture), listed building / architectural heritage, 1932_construction, Grade II* Listed (UK)
It was designed in 1932 by Ellis and Clark to serve as the home of the Daily Express newspaper and is one of the most prominent examples of art-deco / Streamline Moderne architecture in London.
The Grade II* listing relates not only to the architectural features but also to the massive reinforced concrete stacked portal frame structure designed by Sir Owen Williams.
The lobby, designed by Robert Atkinson, includes plaster reliefs by Eric Aumonier, silver and gilt decorations, a magnificent silvered pendant lamp and an oval staircase.
The Grade II* listing relates not only to the architectural features but also to the massive reinforced concrete stacked portal frame structure designed by Sir Owen Williams.
The lobby, designed by Robert Atkinson, includes plaster reliefs by Eric Aumonier, silver and gilt decorations, a magnificent silvered pendant lamp and an oval staircase.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Express_Building,_London
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Coordinates: 51°30'51"N -0°6'21"E
- The Royal Courts of Justice 0.7 km
- Somerset House 0.9 km
- Barbican Residential Estate 1 km
- Royal Opera House 1.2 km
- Bunhill Fields 1.6 km
- British Museum 1.7 km
- The Brunswick Centre 1.8 km
- St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel 2.4 km
- London St Pancras - Barlow Trainshed 2.4 km
- London St Pancras International railway station 2.7 km
- Blackfriars 0.3 km
- Temple 0.3 km
- Inner and Middle Temples 0.4 km
- Inner Temple Gardens 0.4 km
- Blackfriars Station 0.5 km
- Holborn 0.9 km
- Central London 1.2 km
- Walled Perimeter of Roman Londinium 1.2 km
- Regent’s canal 2.9 km
- Camden Council 4.9 km