Ideal House, London
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| location = Corner of Great Marlborough Street and Argyll Street
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| location_town = London
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| completion_date = 1929
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| architect = Raymond Hood, Gordon Jeeves
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Palladium House, formerly known as Ideal House, is a grade II listed Art Deco office building located on the corner of Great Marlborough Street and Argyll Street in London.
History and description
The building was designed in by architects Raymond Hood and Gordon Jeeves in the art deco style as the London headquarters of the National Radiator Company (European subsidiary of the American Radiator Company). Its design was a scaled down version of the American Radiator Building, New York.
Built 1928–9, the building is a seven-storey office block, with black granite facing decorated with an inlaid champlevé design with Egyptian influences. The building was extended in 1935.
In 1981, it was declared a Grade II Listed Building.{{NHLE|num=1357168|desc=PALLADIUM HOUSE. 1-4 Argyll Street. Formerly known as Ideal House|accessdate=29 November 2013}}
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|File:Ideal House London 3189.JPG|Decorated cornice
|File:Art Deco - geograph.org.uk - 1718309.jpg|Main entrance decoration (2009)
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=Further reading=
- {{citation| title = The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West| first = James Stevens|last= Curl| year = 2005|pages =385–7 }}
- {{citation| first = Arthur Trystan| last = Edwards| journal = The Architectural Review| date = June 1929| pages = 289–99| title = The Clash of Colour or the Moor of Argyll Street}}
External links
{{commons category|Ideal House, London}}
- {{citation| url=http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Ideal+House/| title = Ideal House| work = www.modernistbritain.co.uk}}
Category:Art Deco architecture in London
Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
Category:Grade II listed office buildings
Category:Office buildings completed in 1929
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