In the 1970s, Córas Iompair Éireann, the state transport company, bought up many buildings in central Temple Bar with a view to building a large modern central bus station on the site.
The design for the Centre Nationale d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou was selected after a competition in 1971.
The Citigroup Center (formerly Citicorp Center) is one of the most distinctive and imposing in New York’s skyline,
The tower is 148 meters (486 feet) tall, has 40 floors and occupies 78.000 m² of office space.
Stark glass box without plinth or parapet, hitting the ground cleanly at streetlevel.
Soon after the amalgamation of Kensington with Chelsea it was decided to replace the two old town halls with a joint Civic Centre in Hornton Street.
A facade of angled and stepped planes, alternating concrete and glass, that’s more successful along the secondary elevation.
Opened on 28 June 1977, as an annex building to the City Hall and replaced an earlier building which housed the Sydney County Council’s Electricity Department and sales showroom on Druitt Street.
