The Building Centre

The Building Centre is a building in central London used to promote innovation in the built environment. It is run by the Building Centre Trust, a charitable body. The centre was opened in 1931 in New Bond Street and operated there until 1941, when its building was destroyed during The Blitz. As a result it moved to Conduit Street and was based there until 1951, when it moved to its present home in Store Street.[1][2][3]

The New London Model in 2012

The Building Centre, London.

New London Architecture (NLA) is one of many building and architecture organisations located in the Centre. The NLA galleries feature changing exhibitions related to London’s built environment and a permanent 1:2000 scale interactive model of central London, known as the New London Model, which includes models of buildings that are under construction or have been proposed in London.[4]

Other tenants of the building include: the Built Environment Trust,[5] the Construction Industry Council, the Construction Products Association, the Construction Youth Trust, and the UK Green Building Council.

Admission to the galleries on the ground floor and lower ground floor is free. The Centre's café is operated by The Gentlemen Baristas, who also run a coffee school which is open to the public. The lower ground floor includes conference facilities used for a variety of events.

References
  1. "About Us". The Building Centre. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "The Building Centre Trust". Charity Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "The Building Centre Trust". Open Charities. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "The Building Centre and its astonishing Pipers Scale Model of central London". Urban 75 blog. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. "The Built Environment Trust". Charity Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2017.


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