This building was completed in September 1960. It replaces buildings destroyed by enemy action in September 1940.
Slater & Uren F.F.R.I.B.A. - Architects
Rush & Tompkins Ltd - Contractors
W1, Oxford Street, John Lewis
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary and a picture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Lewis war damage
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Retail group. Founded by John Spedan Lewis after his father John Lewis gave h...
Collingham Garden The use of this ground for the welfare of children for all time has been bequeathed under the will of John Cyril Lees ...
Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from G...
This site was formerly occupied by the Red Hall Picture Palace. Built in 1913, the Red Hall was part of the first wave of new British pic...
On the ground of this court two circles are marked out in the flags, one has the column at the centre, the other is centred on the Lamb B...
English Heritage James Robinson, 1813 - 1862, pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry lived and worked here.
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