Thames House

Thames House is an office development in London on the bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. It has served as the headquarters of the British Security Service agency, commonly known as MI5, since December 1994.

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London - River Thames - Lambeth Bridge - British - Security Service - MI5 - 1994

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The building was constructed in 1929-30 to designs by Sir Frank Baines, of the Government's Office of Works. It is a uniform but not identical design to Nobel House which is opposite it on the north side of Horseferry Road; while Nobel House was exclusively for Imperial Chemical Industries, Thames House had originally various uses. Baines' design owes much to the 'Imperial Neoclassical' tradition of Sir Edwin Lutyens and deliberately ties in with the Imperial design of Lambeth Bridge when it was redesigned from 1929. High up on the frontage are statues by C.S. Jagger.

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1929 - 30 - Imperial Chemical Industries - Sir Edwin Lutyens

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