Daniel Burnham, J J
Burnet, Francis Swales, Frank Atkinson
Date Built
1928
Location
400 Oxford
Street, London, W1A 1AB
Description
The
Selfridge Store on Oxford Street was designred
by the American architect Daniel Burnham for the
American retail magnet Harry Gordon
Selfridge. The Grade II Listed building is
five storeys high and has three basement levels
as well as a roof terrace. The structure
has a steel frame. The Oxford Street facade was
designed by Francis Swales in collaboration with
Thomas Tait and S Frank Atkinson. It is
suggested that the design was heavily influenced
by Sir John Burnet's King Edward VII extension
to the British Museum. Like Burnet's
design it has an impressive row of Ionic columns
that hide the supporting steel columns.
The sculpture above the
entrance is the work of the British sculptor
Gilbert Bayes.
