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English: The entrance from Houghton Street to the Old Building of the London School of Economics. The building was apparently closed at the time due to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic (1 daily walk allowed)
The foundation stone of the Old Building, on Houghton Street, was laid by King George V in 1920; [15] the building was opened in 1922. [ 21 ] The school's arms, [ 22 ] including its motto and beaver mascot, were adopted in February 1922, [ 23 ] on the recommendation of a committee of twelve, including eight students, which was established to ...
The LSE Old Building in the 1950s, one of the places where the group had its offices. In 1957, the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London (a.k.a. the Herbert Commission) was established. [1]
Located on the sixth floor of the Old Building, the library is accessible to all members of the university. It was founded by and named after Charlotte Payne-Townshend Shaw, wife of the playwright George Bernard Shaw. [1] [2] The library includes the Fabian Window, a stained-glass window designed by George Bernard Shaw.
English: The Centre Building at LSE replaced a ramshackle collection of older buildings which can been accumulated by the school along Houghton Street. The construction also created a moderately sized square in front, currently known as LSE Square.
Beatrice Webb was a co-founder of the Fabian Society and of the LSE.. The history of the London School of Economics dates from 1895, when the School was founded by Fabian Society members Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw, with funding provided by private philanthropy, including a bequest of £20,000 from Henry Hunt Hutchinson to the Fabian Society.
Sir Arthur Lewis Building in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Sir Arthur Lewis Building (formerly 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields and Her Majesty's Land Registry Building) is an Edwardian Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England, [1] and an academic facility of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), located on the south side of Lincoln's Inn Fields in Central London.
Clement House is a building on the eastern edge of Aldwych, London.Designed by Scottish architect John James Burnet, the building was constructed in 1909–1910 as the London headquarters of the General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Company.