The SIS Building, also called the MI6 Building, at Vauxhall Cross houses the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as Military...
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MI6 (redirect from British SIS)
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom...
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the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London. A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank...
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Sis (Armenian: Սիս) was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The massive fortified complex is just to the southwest of the modern Turkish town...
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The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former...
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Albert Embankment (category Buildings and structures on the River Thames)
Bridge is the SIS Building, while on the east side nearer to Lambeth Bridge are the International Maritime Organization (IMO) building and the former...
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Palace of Westminster (redirect from UK Parliament building)
and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is one of the centres of political life in the United Kingdom;...
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The Gherkin (redirect from The Swiss Re Building)
Gherkin, officially 30 St Mary Axe and previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the...
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Thames and the foreign intelligence service (MI6) is headquartered in the SIS Building on the south bank. Crime rates vary widely across different areas of...
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examples include The Ziggurat in West Sacramento, California, and the SIS Building in London. Asia portal Category:Ziggurat style modern architecture Minoan...
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Museum. After the opening scene, the film moves to London, showcasing the SIS Building and the Millennium Dome on the Thames. The sequence lasts for about 14...
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122 Leadenhall Street (redirect from Leadenhall Building)
122 Leadenhall Street, which is also known as the Leadenhall Building, is a 225-metre-tall (738 ft) skyscraper in central London. It opened in July 2014...
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Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built in the mid-18th century...
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Big Ben (category Government buildings completed in 1859)
films set in London. The clock tower has been part of a Grade I listed building since 1970 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The clock and tower...
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Century House, London (category Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark)
tourist guide and KGB agent". After 21 years in service as the headquarters of SIS, Century House was described as "irredeemably insecure" in a 1985 National...
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Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib is one of the nine historical Gurdwaras in Delhi. It was first constructed in 1783 as a small shrine by Baghel Singh to commemorate...
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Thames House (category Buildings and structures on the River Thames)
Thames House at night Thames House and Lambeth Bridge, looking downriver SIS Building – Headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) The Doughnut...
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The SIS Building, headquarters of MI6, in London, United Kingdom...
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the late 1980s: Embankment Place, 125 London Wall aka Alban Gate and SIS Building aka Vauxhall Cross. He garnered a strong reputation for contextual urban...
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was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a...
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Yidongyuan (category Buildings and structures in Haidian District)
serves as headquarters for the American CIA, the SIS Building housing the British MI6, or the Lubyanka Building of Soviet KGB and Russian FSB, Yidongyuan is...
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Intelligence Service (SIS) and UNSCOM catalogued the weaponization by Taha's team of biological agents. Above, the SIS building photographed from Vauxhall...
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The Doughnut (category Buildings and structures in Cheltenham)
two years. The moves of MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) to new buildings had also cost more than three times their original estimates due...
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completed building on the Victoria Embankment, and the name "New Scotland Yard" was adopted for the new headquarters. An adjacent building was completed...
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examples of the postmodern style in Europe is the SIS Building in London by Terry Farrell (1994). The building, next to the Thames, is the headquarters of the...
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Leadenhall Market (category Grade II* listed buildings in the City of London)
mention in the Civic Trust Awards in 1994. The market is a Grade II* listed building, being listed in 1972. It was used to represent the area of London near...
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Clarence House (category Royal buildings in London)
in preference to the adjoining St James's Palace, an antiquated Tudor building which he found too cramped. When he became king, he remained at Clarence...
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The Shard (redirect from Shard Building)
(1,016 feet) high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia...
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Buckingham Palace (category Buildings and structures on The Mall, London)
national rejoicing and mourning. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke...
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Old Bailey (category Local government buildings in London)
the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England...
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