Boots head office (the D90 West building), Beeston, Nottinghamshire: a typical open-plan secretarial space
Architect/Designer | Skidmore Owings & Merrill |
| Yorke Rosenberg & Mardall |
Artist/Photographer | Donat, John (1933-2004) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Beeston |
Subject Date | 1968 |
Image Date | 1968 |
View | Interior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Negative |
Library Reference | (Donat 25-06-68 / 3/5) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | John Donat / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Glass ; People ; Office buildings ; Concrete ; Steel |
NOTES: This steel-framed building was designed on two floors around a central courtyard according to American out-of-town planning principles by the Chicago firm of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) in association with the London firm of Yorke Rosenberg Mardall. This extremely influential building with its use of high-class welded steel and the open-plan design led the way for the subsequent development of 'high-tech' steel office buildings for which Britain became internationally renowned. It was Grade II listed in 1996.
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