Factory for Boots Pure Drug Company, Beeston, Nottinghamshire: the entrance front of the 'wets' building
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA7282 |
| Architect/Designer | Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
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| Artist/Photographer | Sims & Co.
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | Beeston |
| Subject Date | 1932 |
| Image Date | 1932 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Modern Movement |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | A16/4 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
This, the D10 Building, is noteworthy for its use of reinforced concrete and glass cladding. It is the earliest example of such a structural system in a large scale industrial building in England. It was Grade I listed in 1971.
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Subject tags
curtain walling, concrete, factories, commercial buildings