education
Lyons Israel Ellis Partnership, 1971
The University of Westminster's New Cavendish Street campus, designed by Lyons, Israel and Ellis represents an important moment in the evolution of the architecture of the modern polytechnic. Visitors will explore the campus through guided walks. The programme concludes in the University's Tower Tavern, a former public house - for an evening reception and talk, Pints and the Poly.
Goodge Street
Euston
24, 29, 390, 453, 73, 88
Please meet inside the reception area of 115 New Cavendish Street
The campus is fully accessible. Guided tours involve periods of standing and walking inside the building and around the surrounding streets.
Visitors will be guided through the New Cavendish Street campus. Drinks reception and presentation at the Tower Tavern at 5pm.
The University of Westminster's New Cavendish Street campus is one of London's significant post-war educational buildings. Designed by Lyons, Israel and Ellis and opened in 1971 alongside the designation of the Polytechnic of Central London, it represents an important moment in the evolution of higher education and the architecture of the modern polytechnic.
This Open House weekend invites visitors to explore the campus through its architecture, history and contemporary role within Fitzrovia. Guided walks will introduce the building's design, planning and changing relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood.
From 5.00pm, visitors are invited to the Tower Tavern for an informal drinks reception followed by Pints and the Poly, an illustrated talk exploring the history of the University of Westminster, the wider Polytechnic movement and the changing social and urban history of Fitzrovia.
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J. L. Pearson, 1891
