Children's Library floor in the High Block. This has cork floors and a gypsum plaster acoustic tile ceiling. All the furniture was designed by the architicts with the exception of the metal legged table and Hilestak chair. (Below) The Art Gallery on the ith floor of the High Block showing the staircase door to the Museum. The walls and screens are panel. led and covered in a heavily textured fabric wall paper. Light from the north window on the right is controlled by aluminium venetian blinds.
Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd., through Crown Agents). The China Engineers Ltd, (Troughton and Young Lighting fittings).
ASPHALT TANKING: Dreyer
and Co. Ltd.
Ltd.
PLASTIC LAMINATE SHEETS:
The China Engineers (Formica).
PAINTS: British Paints Ltd. ("Murisan" Latex Emulsion paint on all interior walls in white, damson. static grey, pearl grey and special shade green: "Extinite B Fire Re- terdant paint on interior walls of cinema projection rooms and sound boxes: "BPL" Water Repellent one coat on internal granite paving: P.R.C. Rubber Calk 150 to seal and waterproof the expansion joints on pro- menade." Shewan. Tomes tTraders) d. (Berger's "Lea- dium" rustproofing on steel entrance frameworks). Duro Paints (“Vitrakote” on concrete grilles).
ACOUSTIC MATERIALS: Shewan, Tomes (Traders) Ltd. ("Rabbit Warren" panels in broadcasting studios). Demig Trading Co. (Far East) Ltd. (British Aluminium panels in theatre and Petradene "Soupa» coust" acoustic ceiling tiles). PADDED LEATHER PANEL- LING: Demig Trading Co. (Far East) Ltd. (Roser). METAL WINDOWS: Dodwell
and Co. Ltd. (Crittall). GLASS: Shewan, Tomes (Traders) Ltd. (Pilkington "Armour. plate" glass doors at entrances: "Antisun Armourplate". "Ar- mourcast", polished plateglass, (Continued on Page 89)
The Concert Hall auditorium from the left- hand promenade showing the Okoume veneered plywood to the side walls and the red and white striped leathercloth panels to the upper and lower promonades.
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