Simpson's (now Waterstone's), Piccadilly, London: the Piccadilly facade

RIBA Ref No RIBA46541

Architect/Designer	Emberton, Joseph (1889-1956)
Artist/Photographer	von Sternberg, Morley (1954-)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1936
Image Date	2003
View	Exterior
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	Transparency
Library Reference	MM1071
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	Morley von Sternberg / RIBA Collections
Subject	Shop fronts ; Shops ; Canopies ; Cladding ; Stone

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Simpson's (now Waterstone's), Piccadilly, London: the Piccadilly facade

Simpson's, men's outfitters, 26 Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, Westminster, London: display designed by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy of a very small, early bi-plane surrouned with photographs of aerial subjects

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Simpson's (now Waterstone's), Piccadilly, London: the Jermyn Street facade

Simpson's (now Waterstone's), Piccadilly, London: detail of the Jermyn Street facade

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