The Mappin Terraces, Including The Mappin Cafe

CITY OF WESTMINSTER ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS TQ 2783 SE 14/5 REGENT'S PARK Nill The Mappin Terraces, including the Mappin Cafe. II Artificial mountain built to house and display zoo animals, and cafe. Mappin Terraces of 1914; cafe constructed in 1920/27. Designed by Belcher and Joas with Alexander Drew of Somerville's as Consulting Engineer. Terraces of reinforced concrete construction on Kahn system, with concrete cladding; cafe of brick with low pitched pantile roof. Quadrant ground plan with cafe tp apex, and terraces rising upwards towards outer edges in a picturesque composition forming four ranges of goat mountains. Three concentric viewing terraces reached by steps along south and west sides of quadrant. Cafe also quadrant shaped; of 1 storey with 3 corner pavilions of 2 storeys having pantiled pyramidal roof; Open colonnade to curved side facing Mappin Terraces, having paired Tuscan columns; paired Tuscan columns applied between bays to 2 other sides. Floor to ceiling glazing with 4 lights to each window with timber transom to each;casement windows; small panes; timber glazing bars. The Mappin Terraces is an early and ingenious example of reinforced concrete construction . It was also innovative in its period in its attempt to place animals in a 'natural' environment. Architectural Review, April 1911. The Builder, 22 May 1914.

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