HOTEL LEOFRIC Hotel Leofric, Coventry, by W

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TitleHotel Leofric

Creator nameW. S. Hattrell & Partners

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1953–1955

Object typeArchitecture

LocationCoventry, United Kingdom

SubjectsArchitecture--England--History--20th centuryHotels, motels, etc.--England--20th centuryModern movement (Architecture)--20th century

StatusCity Standard to the rear (1948), Owen Owen by Rolf Hellberg and Maurice Harris 1953–1954; William Reid Dick's Lady Godiva in the foreground

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9. Commercial Buildings

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Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 1945–1975

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Elain Harwood

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.375-417

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture--England--History--20th centuryModern movement (Architecture)--20th centuryDepartment stores--England--20th centuryModernism (Aesthetics)Markets--England--20th centuryOffice buildings--England--20th centuryBrutalism (Architecture)

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