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    October 2021. Albertopolis online exhibition, from the Royal Institute of British Architects Architectural Tour of Exhibition Road and 'Albertopolis' from the...
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    Exhibition's Royal Commission to create the cultural quarter known as Albertopolis. In 1871, the Royal Albert Hall was completed on the site of the former...
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    of the 19th century the locale of South Kensington was developed as "Albertopolis", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are...
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    Hammersmith and Fulham. It contains major museums and universities in Albertopolis, department stores such as Harrods, Peter Jones and Harvey Nichols, and...
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    the area, Queen's Gate, it is the second thoroughfare in what was once Albertopolis. It provides access to many nationally significant institutions, including:...
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    permanent facilities for the public benefit, which came to be known as Albertopolis. The Exhibition's Royal Commission bought Gore House, but it was slow...
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    next to Imperial College and among the museums and cultural centres of Albertopolis. The Royal College of Music was founded in 1883 to replace the short-lived...
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    campus overlooking Queen's Lawn. As part of a cultural centre known as Albertopolis the campus is surrounded by many of London's most popular attractions...
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    in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial,...
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    v t e Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Districts Albertopolis Bayswater Belgravia Brompton Chelsea Chelsea Harbour (including Imperial Wharf) Earl's...
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    development of the area is the result of the creation of the temporary Albertopolis reached by Exhibition Road, whose terrain now includes the Natural History...
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    of Westminster covers all or part of the following areas of London: "Albertopolis" (shared with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Bayswater...
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    further north. These all form part of the complex known colloquially as Albertopolis. Even after the opening, the Natural History Museum legally remained...
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    AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Accessed February 2015. Albertopolis: Royal College Of Art. Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived...
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    Hall and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The area was referred to as "Albertopolis" by sceptics. In 1852, John Camden Neild, an eccentric miser, left Victoria...
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    were all built in the area to the south of the exhibition, nicknamed Albertopolis, alongside the Imperial Institute. The remaining surplus was used to...
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  • of the eastern wing still survives as the Chemistry (RCS) building. "Albertopolis: Victoria And Albert Museum : Henry Cole Wing". Royal Institute of British...
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    at the Survey of London online: Design and commissioning Description Albertopolis: Albert Memorial—Architecture of the memorial (RIBA) BBC News News story...
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    nineteenth century the locale of South Kensington was developed as "Albertopolis", a cultural and scientific quarter. Three major national museums are...
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    was bought by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, for the Albertopolis cultural and educational sites. Today the Royal Albert Hall takes up...
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  • It is host to varied societies and has student bars situated around Albertopolis. The Union is based in the north wing of the Beit Quadrangle on Prince...
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    1909. The RSM was the last of many buildings that Webb designed for the Albertopolis area (including the Cromwell Road frontage of the V&A) and, some would...
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    v t e Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Districts Albertopolis Bayswater Belgravia Brompton Chelsea Chelsea Harbour (including Imperial Wharf) Earl's...
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    a centre for educational and cultural institutions, often known as "Albertopolis". These include: Imperial College the Natural History Museum the Royal...
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    v t e Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Districts Albertopolis Bayswater Belgravia Brompton Chelsea Chelsea Harbour (including Imperial Wharf) Earl's...
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    v t e Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Districts Albertopolis Bayswater Belgravia Brompton Chelsea Chelsea Harbour (including Imperial Wharf) Earl's...
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    percentage of the 42 million annual visitors nationwide. London portal Albertopolis Museum Mile, London The London Museums of Health & Medicine Culture of...
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    number of educational and cultural institutions, known half-jokingly as "Albertopolis". Henry Cole was appointed the first General Superintendent of the Department...
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    iron structure was a prefabricated building originally constructed at Albertopolis, South Kensington in 1856-7, which was displaced by the construction...
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    Kensington began with the purchase of a vast tract of land (known as Albertopolis) at the instigation of the Prince Consort and the Royal Commission for...
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