In the 50th anniversary year of Television Centre, the first-ever purpose-built television building in the world, we showcase the architect's original visualisation of the centre.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s quest for a new site on which to build a purpose-built centre for television began almost immediately after WW2 ended in 1946. Progress was slow, however, and it was not until the early 1950s that plans evolved.
In 1956 Graham Dawbarn, the architect, produced this watercolour of what the building might eventually look like, hinting at the space age design and glamour that would characterise the centre.
The picture was exhibited in The Royal Academy exhibition of 1956.
Watercolour of Television Centre
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