Lawrence Hall in Greycoat Street, Westminster

Westminster

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 is the newer of the two Royal Horticultural Halls owned by R.H.S. Enterprises Limited, which is part of the Royal Horticultural Society

Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...

 charity in central London

London

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. The other is Lindley Hall

Lindley Hall, London

Lindley Hall in Elverton Street, Westminster is the older of the two Royal Horticultural Halls owned by the R.H.S. Enterprises Limited which is part of the charity Royal Horticultural Society in central London...

 in Elverton Street; both are close to the RHS' headquarters in Vincent Square

Vincent Square

Vincent Square is a large grass-covered square in Westminster, London, England, covering 13 acres. It provides playing fields for Westminster School, which privately owns it....

. The site of Lawrence Hall incorporates a self-contained purpose-built conference centre above the main hall.

Lawrence Hall has vaulted ceilings and Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 interior features. It was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects

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 for its dramatic architecture. It was constructed between 1925 and 1928 and was designed by the partnership of Easton and Robertson

Howard Robertson (architect)

Sir Howard Morley Robertson MC RA was an American-born British architect, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1952 to 1954 and a Royal Academician....

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The tall parabolic arches which begin as square piers are credited to Easton, derived from the reinforced concrete work of Hennebique

François Hennebique

François Hennebique was a French engineer and self-educated builder who patented his pioneering reinforced-concrete construction system in 1892, integrating separate elements of construction, such as the column and the beam, into a single monolithic element...

 and Freyssinet

Eugène Freyssinet

Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.Freyssinet was born in at Objat, Corrèze, France. He worked in the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France where he designed several bridges until the First World War...

. The hall was registered as a Grade II listed building in 1983.

Lawrence Hall and the conference centre above underwent a £1.2 million renovation in 2006.

Although built as an exhibition hall, Lawrence Hall is increasingly used for product launches

Product marketing

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 and conferences

Convention (meeting)

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External links

• Royal Horticultural Society New Hall at English Heritage's Images of England
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