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16 Cook Street, Liverpool
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...
is the world's second glass curtain walled building. Designed by Peter Ellis in 1866, it is a Grade II* Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
.
Built two years after Oriel Chambers on Water Street, the architect's best-known work, it shows the development of Ellis' style. Its floor to ceiling glass allows light to penetrate deep into the building, contrasting strongly with the adjacent structures. It has been suggested that American architect John Root
John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated a National ...
was influenced by the construction of both buildings, having studied in Liverpool at the time of their construction.
Both 16 Cook Street and Oriel Chambers were featured in the ITV (Granada
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/ Tyne Tees) television programme ''Grundy's Northern Pride
''Grundy's Northern Pride'' is an ITV Tyne Tees/ Granada series about architecture, presented by John Grundy. A follow-up to '' Grundy's Wonders'', the series covers a wider area than that series (including north-west England as well as the nor ...
'', looking at John Grundy's favourite buildings in the north of England, aired on 9 January 2007.
See also
*Architecture of Liverpool
The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.Hughes (1999), p10 It encompasses a variety of architectural styles of the past 300 years, while next to nothing remains of its medieva ...
References
External links
Page on the Liverpool Architectural Society website
* Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool {{Merseyside-struct-stub