Daily Express Building, London
The Daily Express Building (120 Fleet Street) is a
The exterior features a black
The Grade II* listing relates not only to the architectural features but also to the massive reinforced concrete stacked portal frame structure designed by Sir Owen Williams.
As part of a redevelopment of the surrounding site the building was entirely refurbished in 2000 by John Robertson Architects. The foyer was recreated largely from photographs and the façade completely upgraded.[2] The concrete portal frame structure was preserved.
The lobby of this building was open to the public on
The building is currently occupied by Goldman Sachs.
Sister Express buildings in Manchester and Glasgow
The company also constructed two sister buildings of similar design during this period. The
The building in the media
The building, the paper and its best remembered editor, Arthur Christiansen (who in reality had already relinquished the role), featured in the British science fiction film The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), in which actors Edward Judd and Leo McKern have leading roles. The satirical magazine Private Eye invariably referred to the building, in the days when it was occupied by the Daily Express, as 'The Black Lubyanka'.
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- ^ "A Typical Saturday out in London". The London Insider. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ "The Best Architecture in Manchester". prideofmanchester.com.
- ^ "Glasgow, 159-195 Albion Street, Daily Express Building". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 April 2015.