Portcullis House
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Portcullis House is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and
Portcullis House
Left to right: Portcullis House with the London Eye and the Elizabeth Tower
Buildings on the site of Portcullis House (centre) in 1928
The main atrium of Portcullis House
Palace of Westminster
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The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is colloquially known as the Houses of Parliament after the House of Common
Portcullis House
…United Kingdom and their staff. The public entrance is on the Embankment. Part of the Parliamentary Estate, the building augments limited space in the Palace of Westminster and surroundings. The architects, Michael Hopkins and Partners, published their design in 1993 and the existing buildings on the site were demolished…
Palace of Westminster as seen from Westminster Bridge
North Front detail, Palace of Westminster
J. M. W. Turner watched the fire of 1834 and painted several canvases depicting it, including The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835).
The old chamber of the House of Commons was in use between 1852 and 1941, when it was destroyed by German bombs in the course of the Second World War.