Detail View: SHIMMER: Round House
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Title:
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Round House
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Caption:
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(The Gorilla House)
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Creation Date:
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1933
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Image Date:
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2009
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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1933
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Location:
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London
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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LUBETKIN , DRAKE , TECTON
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Terms:
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Circular buildings
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Image ID:
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10-0003
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Description:
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Exterior view: the open air section of the house. Originally built to house gorillas. These are now housed in a new facility that opened in 2007. This house has been used for a variety of apes, monkeys and other animals over the years. The London Zoo website comments that "The Round House is circular so that a half-drum shaped screen could be slid from within one half of it to enclose the other in cold weather, as a protection for the gorillas it was built to house."
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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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 >."
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Related Information:
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Image donated by Arron Tann, Architecture student at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Photographed by:
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Arron Tann
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Creator:
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LUBETKIN, Berthold
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1901
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1990
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Creator:
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DRAKE, Lindsey
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1909
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1980
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Creator:
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TECTON
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1932
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Creator Role:
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Architectural group.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Round buildings
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Subject Heading:
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Modernism (Architecture)
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Subject Heading:
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Zoos
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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London Zoo (London, England)
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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