Building    From /5/1951  To 1952

Skylon

Categories: Sculpture

The picture source is the website for a group campaigning to rebuild the Skylon. "In 1951, London's skyline was transformed, as part of the Festival of Britain, by the erection of one of the most striking structures ever built in this country: the Skylon. The Skylon was a 300 ft tower - an architectural and engineering marvel designed by two young architects Jacko Moya and Philip Powell still in their twenties, of Powell and Moya Architects. The architects' design was made structurally elegant and minimal by the brilliant engineer Felix Samuely. With a base 40 feet from the ground and the top nearly 300 feet high - the Skylon was more sculpture than building: it was part Zeppelin, part-rocket, part-minaret, and floated like an up-ended airship above the South Bank."

2019: Londonist tells that when dismantled immediately the Festival finished the metal from the Slylon was used for ceremonial paper knives and watches. Who doesn't want one of those?

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Skylon

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Skylon

Plaque laid flat in the ground, to the west of the flagpole, to the right in ...

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Stephen Cox

Stephen Cox

Sculptor. His style mixes Italian, Egyptian and Indian traditions. He also works in wood, and has exhibited at the Royal Academy.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Cecil Thomas

Cecil Thomas

Sculptor and medalist.  Born 24 Hedley Road, Shepherd's Bush.  Many commissions for the Royal Mint.  Other work in London: the Tubby Clayton and  Alfred Henry Forster tombs (effectively horizontal ...

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials
Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson

Sculptor based at Henley on Thames.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Lawrence Holofcener

Lawrence Holofcener

An American who was born on 23 February 1926 in Baltimore City, Maryland, USA and who moved to the Isle of Wight. He died, aged 91 years, on 4 March 2017 and was cremated in West Palm Beach, Beach...

Person, Sculpture, USA

1 memorial

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Treatment Rooms 2 - Ernesto Guevara

Treatment Rooms 2 - Ernesto Guevara

W5, 199 Acton Lane

Cuba Libre Social Club is restaurant in Poland but we doubt it has donated this plaque.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane

Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane

Founded by John Courage at the Anchor Brewhouse site.  The earliest existing building dates from 1871 and was largely rebuilt in 1894 - 1895. Reconstructed, restored and refurbished in 1985 - 1989....

Building, Commerce, Animals, Food & Drink

2 memorials
London Pavilion

London Pavilion

The picture source is a lovely site about the theatre and Arthur Lloyd who performed there.

Building, Theatre

1 memorial