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Office & tower · Late modernism

The Economist Building

Alison and Peter Smithson · London, GB · 1964

Key featuresThree buildings of different heights round a raised plaza off St James's Street, clad in Portland stone.

Architect
Alison and Peter Smithson
Place
London, GB
Year
1964
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Europe
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