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Dudley Zoo, Dudley Castle: the entrance canopy with Clarion signage

RIBA Ref No RIBA49440
Architect/DesignerLubetkin & Tecton
Artist/PhotographerFelton, Leo Herbert (d. 1968)
CountryUK: England
CityDudley
Subject Date1937
Image Date1937
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library Reference5040/6 (Felton R. 385)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectConcrete ; Zoo buildings ; Entrances ; Lettering ; Brickwork ; Canopies
NOTES: This commission was the outcome of the succesful modernist work Lubetkin and Tecton had already undertaken at London and Whipsnade zoos. The entrance spans a wide front and is comprised of five ticket kiosks containing eight entrance turnstiles and two exits executed in brick. These are set beneath a roof of independently-supported curved concrete slabs.
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