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The Building Centre

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The building has an array of venue hire facilities, including galleries, seminar and conference rooms, and photography exhibition areas. Admission to the galleries on the ground floor and lower ground floor is free. There is a cafe open to the public with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options,
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was installed in the open-air courtyard and patio, although this has since been hidden or lost.
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The Building Centre operated from New Bond Street until its building was destroyed during
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is a building in central London for venue hire, used to promote innovation in the
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Organisations located at the building include: the Built Environment Trust, the
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The centre was founded in 1931 starting as the building materials bureau of the
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and was based there until 1951, when it moved to its present home in
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motor showroom. It is built of reinforced concrete, faced with
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Index

The Building Centre - May 2022 by Chris Jackson
built environment
Architectural Association
Frank Yerbury
Maurice Webb
New Bond Street
The Blitz
Conduit Street
Store Street
Daimler
Portland stone
sgraffito
Augustus Lunn
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
Sir Basil Spence
Sir Frederick Gibberd
Sir Alfred Hurst
Construction Industry Council
Construction Products Association
UK Green Building Council


"The Built Environment Trust (Charity number: 1163419)"
"About the Built Environment Trust"
"Our history"
"Railings for Scrap – the Building Centre in the Blitz"
"About Us"


"Building Centre: Building's concrete secrets revealed, 5 October 2017"

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