COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Castrol House
title
Castrol House
Title
false
Creation Date:
1959
creation_date
1959
Creation Date
false
Dimensions:
51 m high
dimensions
51 m high
Dimensions
false
Image Date:
1960
image_date
1960
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
London
location
London
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Display Creator:
GOLLINS, MELVIN, WARD & PARTNERS
display_creator
GOLLINS, MELVIN, WARD & PARTNERS
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
09-1150
image_id
09-1150
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior detail: base of the building. Built as the 12-storey HQ of the Wakefield Castrol Oil Group. When first in use the tower is floodlit internally through opaque green glass panels at night. Subsequently renamed Marathon House. In 1998 it was converted into flats. Location: Marylebone Road. [photographed on August 16, 1960]
description
Exterior detail: base of the building. Built as the 12-storey HQ of the Wakefield Castrol Oil Group. When first in use the tower is floodlit internally through opaque green glass panels at night. Subsequently renamed Marathon House. In 1998 it was converted into flats. Location: Marylebone Road. [photographed on August 16, 1960]
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Duncan Horne, an architect, left a collection of slide transparencies on his death. These were donated to Sheffield Hallam University's Slide Collection by his daughter in 2007. Duncan Horne trained in Liverpool, and then worked in London for Maxwell FRY, Jane DREW, and Partners. He moved to Australia in 1965 where he worked with Bert HELY.
related_information
Duncan Horne, an architect, left a collection of slide transparencies on his death. These were donated to Sheffield Hallam University's Slide Collection by his daughter in 2007. Duncan Horne trained in Liverpool, and then worked in London for Maxwell FRY, Jane DREW, and Partners. He moved to Australia in 1965 where he worked with Bert HELY.
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Duncan Horne
photographed_by
Duncan Horne
Photographed by
false
Creator:
GOLLINS, MELVIN, WARD & PARTNERS
creator
GOLLINS, MELVIN, WARD & PARTNERS
Creator
false
Creator Dates - Born:
1948
creator_dates_born
1948
Creator Dates - Born
false
Creator Role:
Architectural firm. (Now GMW Architects.)
creator_role
Architectural firm. (Now GMW Architects.)
Creator Role
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- England -- London
subject_heading
Architecture -- England -- London
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Modernism (Architecture)
subject_heading
Modernism (Architecture)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Offices -- England -- London
subject_heading
Offices -- England -- London
Subject Heading
false