Hampton House, Albert Embankment
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Hampton House, Albert Embankment
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 7 Mar 2011
One of a series of post-war office blocks lining the southern stretch of Albert Embankment. Hampton was completed in 1956, the architect Frederick Gibberd, making it one of the first office blocks to be built following the lifting of the post-war austerity building restrictions in 1954. Banners advertise office space, but any tenant would have to fight their way through hoardings: it currently awaits demolition to be replaced by three towers designed by Norman Foster and Partners.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.490672
Longitude
-0.122129