£50,000 TOWER.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1920, Page 3

£50,000 TOWER.

LANDMARK OF NEW BUSINESS temple. The plans of the £2,000,000 building I to he erected on the Aldwyoh Island site in the Strand by the Bush .Terminal Co., of New York, arc now ready for

submission to the London County Coun'’m,' Harvey W. Corbett, the American architect responsible for the design, has arrived in London. A model shows j the building to have a narrow face ( fronting the Strand and a broad, sweep- j ing facade to the north facing kmgsW av, on which side the main entrance is

t 0 be. The central block is to ho a great showroom for the use of Hi'tish manufacturers. The wings are designml us business chambers, but it is pos-; si Lie that the block facing the Waldorf j Hotel may be constructed as an hotel. , The. buildings are of Portland st. no and 8()ft high, except for a 150 R tower on the central block. It will he visible as far north as Southampton-row, east to Bouverie-street, west to Trnfalgaisqm.ro, and south across the Thames. “Of course,” said Mr Corbett, the County Council may not approve o< this tower. If they do not the design nil

■ |,c spoiled, but on the other hand it serves no useful commercial purpose and • will cost about £50,690. Mr Corbett says he is a keen admirer s „f British architecture, and confesses - that Somerset House, which will Out his building, has had considerable mflut once «m his design. But the building - which has architecturally influenced Mi It Corbett most is the little known Fisli-

mongers’ Hall at I/ondon Bridge. “This,” be said, “is to me the most satisfying of all London architecture, but the curved porch at the side of St Paul’s Cathedral is to my mind one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the world.”