Daily Express Building
Daily Express Building, Modernist office building in Ancoats, England.
The Daily Express Building features black glass bands, clear glazing, rounded corners, and a seven-story tower at its left end facing Great Ancoats Street.
Engineer Sir Owen Williams designed this steel and glass structure in 1939 to house the Daily Express newspaper during its period of highest global circulation.
The Grade II* listed building represents a milestone in British commercial architecture, combining industrial functionality with Streamline Moderne design principles of the 1930s.
The six-story structure contains 75,600 square feet of space, with the two upper floors set back from the main facade and a cantilevered rail above the third floor.
The building's transparent ground floor press shop allowed pedestrians to observe newspaper printing operations until the glass was modified for privacy concerns.
Location: Manchester
Inception: 1939
Architects: Owen Williams
Architectural style: Streamline Moderne
Made from material: steel, glass
GPS coordinates: 53.48452,-2.23279
Latest update: May 20, 2025 06:27
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