Detail View: SHIMMER: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Royal Festival Hall

Title: 
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Royal Festival Hall
Creation Date: 
1968
Image Date: 
2009
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
London
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
MARTIN , MORO , LONDON CITY COUNCIL ; GREATER LONDON COUNCIL - Department of Architecture & Civic Design.
Image ID: 
11-2433
Description: 
Exterior view: Queen Elizabeth Hall - left - foreground (GLC - Department of Architecture & Civic Design, 1967). Hayward Gallery - centre - middleground (GLC - Department of Architecture & Civic Design, 1968). The triangular shapes on the roofs are skylights for the individual galleries. Royal Festival Hall - left - foreground - rear of building just visible ( MARTIN, Leslie ; MORRO, Peter ; LONDON CITY COUNCIL - Department of Architecture & Civic Design, 1951). This is part of The South Bank Arts Centre, now called the Southbank Centre. The Royal Festival Hall (1951) was built for The Festival of Britain - the other elements, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room (built in 1967), and the final building was the Hayward Gallery (1968).
Rights: 
© Arron Tann
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 >."
Related Information: 
Image donated by Arron Tann, Architecture student at Sheffield Hallam University.
Photographed by: 
Arron Tann
Creator: 
MORO, Peter
Creator Dates - Born: 
1911
Creator Dates - Died: 
1998
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Creator: 
MARTIN, Leslie
Creator Dates - Born: 
1908
Creator Dates - Died: 
2000
Creator Role: 
Lead architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Creator: 
LONDON CITY COUNCIL - Department of Architecture & Civic Design
Creator Role: 
City architects.
Creator: 
GREATER LONDON COUNCIL - Department of Architecture & Civic Design.
Creator Role: 
City architects.
Subject Heading: 
Art museums -- England -- London
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- England -- London
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Brutalism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Art museums -- Lighting
Subject Heading: 
Music halls -- England -- London
Subject Heading: 
Royal Festival Hall (London, England)