The Senate House of the University of London on Malet Street in central London
The Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London, lies in the heart of Bloomsbury between the School of Oriental and African Studies to the north and the British Museum to the south. The main building contains the administrative offices of the University of London, including the offices of the Chancellor of the University, as well as the entire collection of the Senate House Library. The building consists of 19 floors and is 210 feet (64 m) high. The main entrance is from Malet Street to the west and the rear entrance from Russell Square to the east. The grand Art Deco design was the work of architect Charles Holden, who was appointed as architect in February 1931. Construction work then began in 1932, and King George V laid the ceremonial foundation stone on 26 June 1933. The building was completed five years later in 1937. The Grand Hall of Senate House University of London. The structure is often considered to be Londons first skyscraper. Its impressive size hailed the start of what was to be the largest seat of learning in the world; the original plans, however, detailed a building three times its original size, extending from the British Museum to the Octagon of University College London. A lack of funding and the onset of the Second World War deterred the original plans.
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Location: Bloomsbury, London
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