Ludgate House - Blackfriars Road, London, UK



When the Express newspaper group left its building on Fleet Street, they moved into this building on Blackfriars Road at the entrance on to Blackfriars Bridge.  It would be tempting to think that, when they commissioned this building, they had in mind their Art Deco buildings in Glasgow, Manchester and on Fleet Street and said, "Can you do us another one like that but not in black this time?".  They made the move in the 1980s so this is obviously not Art Deco, but there are strong resemblances with the buildings designed by Sir Owen Williams.
















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When I visited the building in 2018, it was being demolished.



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