Imperial College Bessemer Building (London, England) : South elevation, detail of the entry canopy
- Creator:
- Sheppard Robson, British architectural firm, founded 1938
- Published/Created:
- South Kensington campus, London, England, United Kingdom
2006 (alteration) - Date Depicted:
- 5/25/2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- pink glass
steel - Notes:
- The impressive new entrance and reception of the Bessemer Building forms part of the 10 year refurbishment and creation of a new London Centre for Nanotechnology at Imperial College. (The original building dates from the 1960s). The entrance was designed to be in keeping with the renewed Bessemer façade, for instance with pink glass as an architectural feature. The installation of a platform lift adjacent to the entry stairway will provide DDA compliant access. As part of this project a suite of fully AV equipped seminar rooms and administrative offices was created for use by Faculty staff and ICT. The college engaged Architects Sheppard Robson to design the building's impressive new entrance area and Elecro supplied a specialised team of mechanical engineers to install and upgrade all mechanical and electrical services on the reception area and corridor. The pink color is extended into the interior design.
- Variant Titles:
- Bessemer Building
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-SHR-BB-A3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); engineering and industry; manufacturing; Biology Research; bio-nanotechnology; medical research; bio-engineering construction building divisions; rooms and spaces; classrooms; buildings; research buildings
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
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5/25/2007 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10105244
- PID:
- digcoll:1847483