The Ideal House, National Radiator Company (formerly)
On the corner of Argyll Street and Great Marlborough Street, London, W1
Architects: Raymond Hood and C. Gordon Jeeves, 1929
Clad in polished black granite, this extraordinary building was designed by the American skyscraper architect Raymond Hood.
The bronze and enamel Art Deco decoration that surrounds the window, doorways and cornice was executed by the Birmingham Guild of Handicrafts, who made fine metalwork.
The building is not open to the public.
