Gardens · London
66 Portland Place
66 Portland Place — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Colin Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
66 Portland Place is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
66 Portland Place is an office building in Marylebone in Central London, near the boundary with Fitzrovia. Located on the corner of Portland Place and Weymouth Street, it serves as the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects ("RIBA").
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
RIBA had been housed at 9 Conduit Street from 1859. However, the growth of the institute had necessitated a move to larger quarters, with a competition being announced in 1929 to design a new RIBA building. The commission attracted 284 entries; a high number compared to the comparative modesty of the construction, but perhaps not surprising given the building's future purpose. The winning design was by George Grey Wornum. Construction began in 1932, with the foundation stone laid on 28 June 1933 by Thomas, Lord Howard de Walden, a noted patron of the arts. The building was officially opened on 8 November 1934 by the then King and Queen, George V and Mary. In 2012 the Royal Institute of…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5212, -0.1450
- Address
- Portland Place
- Established
- 1934
- Opening
- Mo 08:00-17:30; Tu 08:00-20:00; We-Fr 08:00-17:45; Sa 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- www.architecture.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q17549828 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 66 Portland Place (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 66 Portland Place?
- 66 Portland Place is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5212°, -0.1450°.
- When was 66 Portland Place built?
- 66 Portland Place dates to 1934.
- What are the opening hours for 66 Portland Place?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Mo 08:00-17:30; Tu 08:00-20:00; We-Fr 08:00-17:45; Sa 10:00-17:00. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.