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Block IVb Block IV!

Tower Block 1-

Garages- Aldersgate Street

Tower Block II

Block V

Concert Hall Tower Block III- Royal Shakespeare Theatre-

BBER

Block IX-

Block VI Block VIIb Block VII-

Guildhall School Theatre

Garages-

Moor Lane

are of the same loadbearing semi- engineering brick used for external paving, and the same brick is used for all other low buildings.

Residential buildings

Windows and balcony doors to the flats are framed in hardwood with a natural clear varnish finish, while steel frames and doors, louvres, handrails and grilles are painted in a dark green-

grey.

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The three high tower blocks along Beech Street - one rising 43 storeys above podium level and the other two 44 storeys are roughly triangular on plan, with three flats to each floor; the blocks are rotated on plan so that no two will present exactly the same out- look. Main living rooms are located at the corners of the blocks so that each has an outlook in two directions and a

maximum of daylight. Kitchens and bathrooms are placed toward the cen- tre of the building so that the maxi- mum of window area is available for living and bedrooms.

The terrace blocks are arranged to give the best outlook for living rooms. Blocks on a north-south axis are ar- ranged with flats facing east and west from a central corridor, except in one block along Moor Lane where an 'up-

HI

CONCEIT

FOYER

Arts centre - foyer concourse level

32

KALL

LEIRA STATION

LAKE

000

BLOCK TH

THEATRE

CONCOUR

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BREWERY

SILE STREET

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LAURIC

BLOCK VI

BALDEK

Far East BUILDER, January 1971

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