Empire Stone for Town Halls : advert in Specification : Architectural Press : London : 1934
An advert from the 1934 edition of "Specification", issued annually by the Architectural Press and containing an index of building and construction subjects, relevant specifications along with allied contractors and materials. This advert is for the Empire Stone Co Ltd., whose prestigious address is in the Starnd, London, but whose main manufacturing base was in Narborough, Leicestershire.
The company had been formed in 1900 and was an early example of a plant mass producing concrete and reinforced concrete components for buildings. As may be gathered they sort of tried to 'hide' the concrete element by claiming the nomenclature of "Empire Stone" to grace the product. They produced vast amounts of such items and were indeed involved in many thousands of prestigious construction projects until they closed down in 1990 - the MI5 building at Vauxhall being one of their last.
The advert shows specific municipal constructions of the inter-war years when a stripped 'neo-Georgian' was in vogue, especially for such buildings. They include;
Worthing Town Hall by C. Cowles-Vosey FRIBA
Clacton - on - Sea Town Hall, Essex, by Sir A Brumwell Thomas FRIBA
Poole's Municipal Offices in Dorset by E S Goodacre Assoc. M.Inst.C E.
Bournemouth Pavilion by Home and Knight FFRIBA
Cambridge County Offices by C H Riley FRIBA
Aylesbury County Offices by C H Riley FRIBA.
Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff, by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas.
There's some fine buildings there and msot are now Listed - and quite a role call of well known architects and designers of the period.
Empire Stone for Town Halls : advert in Specification : Architectural Press : London : 1934
An advert from the 1934 edition of "Specification", issued annually by the Architectural Press and containing an index of building and construction subjects, relevant specifications along with allied contractors and materials. This advert is for the Empire Stone Co Ltd., whose prestigious address is in the Starnd, London, but whose main manufacturing base was in Narborough, Leicestershire.
The company had been formed in 1900 and was an early example of a plant mass producing concrete and reinforced concrete components for buildings. As may be gathered they sort of tried to 'hide' the concrete element by claiming the nomenclature of "Empire Stone" to grace the product. They produced vast amounts of such items and were indeed involved in many thousands of prestigious construction projects until they closed down in 1990 - the MI5 building at Vauxhall being one of their last.
The advert shows specific municipal constructions of the inter-war years when a stripped 'neo-Georgian' was in vogue, especially for such buildings. They include;
Worthing Town Hall by C. Cowles-Vosey FRIBA
Clacton - on - Sea Town Hall, Essex, by Sir A Brumwell Thomas FRIBA
Poole's Municipal Offices in Dorset by E S Goodacre Assoc. M.Inst.C E.
Bournemouth Pavilion by Home and Knight FFRIBA
Cambridge County Offices by C H Riley FRIBA
Aylesbury County Offices by C H Riley FRIBA.
Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff, by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas.
There's some fine buildings there and msot are now Listed - and quite a role call of well known architects and designers of the period.