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Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool: the conjunction of a buttress with the lantern tower

RIBA Ref No RIBA48726
Architect/DesignerFrederick Gibberd & Partners
Artist/PhotographerGalwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityLiverpool
Subject Date1967
Image Date1962
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP504/160
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectBrickwork ; Lanterns ; Concrete ; Towers ; Round buildings ; Cathedrals
NOTES: This building comprises three independent types of structure: an in-situ reinforced concrete frame which holds together the main body of the cathedral; the sixteen load-bearing brick or concrete perimeter buildings, and the flat slab of the outdoor podium supported by concrete columns of load-bearing brick walls.
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