Hope Street
Picture by Pat Neill
| This building, next to
the Philharmonic Hall was was designed by Gilling Dodd & Partners for
The Building Trades Employers' Organisation. The first floor was for a
time Liverpool Design Centre. The block in its entirety is now rented
commercial office space. The faux-aztec screen was designed by William
Mitchell and is manufactured in sculpted glass fibre. William Mitchell
also designed the sculpted bell-tower frontis of The Catholic Cathedral
and the huge main doors of that building. His own favourite work is the
'Egyptian escalator' in Harrod's London store. Other notable works
include Watergardens 1 & 2 in Harlow new town. Sources: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Liverpool by Joseph Sharples, http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/learning/designingbritain/html/housing.html & http://www.william-mitchell.com/listed.htm Alan Maycock © 2007 |