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Royal Festival Hall: Interior · London, Royal Festival Hall, exterior, southwest view from north bank
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Royal Festival Hall: Interior
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Royal Festival Hall: Interior
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Royal Festival Hall: Interior · Southbank Centre
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Royal Festival Hall: Model
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Photo 1: Interior · London, Royal Festival Hall, exterior, southwest view from north bankPhoto 2: InteriorPhoto 3: InteriorPhoto 4: Interior · Southbank CentrePhoto 5: Model

Culture & sport · Modernism

Royal Festival Hall

Leslie Martin, Robert Matthew · London, GB · 1951

Key featuresEgg in a box: the auditorium is raised above open foyers that flow beneath it.

Architect
Leslie Martin, Robert Matthew
Place
London, GB
Year
1951
Typology
Culture & sport
Movement
Modernism
Region
Europe
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