5-464: Target House may refer to: Target House, London , a modern commercial building Target House, Memphis , a long-term housing solution for families of patients at the city's St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Target House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-523: Is located at 66 St James's Street , London, at the junction with St James's Place . The building was designed in 1979 and completed in 1984. It replaced Map House, designed by R.J. Worley. The anodised bronze and aluminum cladding of the building made it a departure from the " brutalist " concrete designs more usually produced by Gordon. Charles McKean , the architecture correspondent for The Times , praised Target House, then known just as 66 St James's Street, for its boldness and panache but doubted
15-423: The medieval credentials of the building claimed by the designers. He pointed out that the area had been developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and was not known for its medieval architecture apart from the faux medievalism of the nineteenth century. McKean argued that the reference to the medieval was a red-herring and the building was in fact more notable for its modernity and affinity with
20-414: The " space programme ". He speculated that the chopped-off towers at roof-line, that made the spectator say "ouch" and were the least successful part of the design in his opinion, were really the result of planning regulations that restricted the height of new buildings in the area. The design included retail premises, offices and flats and the building was used in that form for many years. The ground floor
25-515: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Target_House&oldid=684219740 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Target House, London Target House is a modern commercial building designed by British modernist architect Rodney Gordon (1933–2008) of Tripos Architects . It
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