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5 unusual facts about Portcullis House


Bill Dunster

Before Nottingham he developed the environmental strategy and detailed façade design for Portcullis House.

Portcullis House

The building was designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners and incorporates Westminster tube station below it.

The architects, Michael Hopkins and Partners, published their design in 1993 and the existing buildings on the site were demolished in 1994.

Solomon Curtis

The committee held two live oral evidence sessions broadcast on BBC Parliament in Portcullis House at the House of Commons, Solomon was described by local press as being a "stand out character that capably extract vital information and bounce back on detailed points".

St Stephen's Club

St Stephen's was originally on the corner of Bridge Street and the Embankment, in London SW1, now the location of Portcullis House.


Parliament Square

Buildings looking upon the square include the churches Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's, Westminster, the Middlesex Guildhall which is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Government Offices Great George Street serving HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, and Portcullis House.


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