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Embassy Court
There are now over 1300 photos of Embassy Court on Flickr
Panorama from the roof of Embassy Court (requires download of Microsoft Photosynth)
Embassy Court in 3D fly around Bing aerial phtographs of Brighton then click on “MAP APPS” then “Bing Photosynth” to explore the...
Brighton beach is for life, not just for August.
The French Lieutenants snowman
Nightlife … the refurbished Victorian Bandstand
The Meeting Place Cafe
He wants to be a No’lo ...
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Photos and Images of Embassy Court
Windjam, James Caldicott 2008
Resident artist, James Caldicott, was commissioned to create Windjam for the May 2008 Brighton Fringe Festival. Seven wind powered musical instruments were exhibited alongside a video of their sonic recordings made Embassy Court over the preceding months. The hybrid instrument weather vane devices plucked...Embassy Court Tea Room 2011
The pop-up 1930’s style Tea Room took place on 21 & 22nd May 2011 as part of Brighton Festival Fringe. [View with PicLens] ...1947 Newsreel featuring Embassy Court
Recently published by British Pathe, this short newsreel of Brighton starts with views of Embassy Court in 1947 and contains a shot of the sea front filmed from our roof-terrace. At...Wells Coates in the “Wingsail” catamaran
This short news item from 1948 features Wells Coates and the co-designer of the Wingsail catamaran Leslie Appleton. Recently published by British Pathe News see ...Isokon Flats, Lawn Road, Hampstead
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Isokon (click here for Frank Sinatra’s response to Isokon) was Wells Coates first modernist block, built a year before Embassy Court. The block has also recently been...
The Meeting Place Cafe
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater (click for video) in rural Pennsylvania was built in the modernist style at the same time as Embassy Court. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and, unlike Embassy Court, was plagues by design faults from ther very beginning.
The client, Edgar Kaufmann, had Wright’s design reviewed by a firm...
From Fantasy to Reality
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The Seasons, as seen from Embassy Court
