Little Chef Cafe Markham Moor UK
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A cafe on the A1 not far from Newark in Nottinghamshire UK
Waymark Code: WM1TJV
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/08/2007
Views: 198
When this cafe - formerly a petrol station with the roof standing on just 4 legs - was built in the 50's it was rated as a building of national significance.
This building in Nottinghamshire is one of the neatest of his solutions to the challenge of a shape known as a hyperbolic paraboloid or hypar, a mixture of cones and curves which became a practical possibility thanks to 20th-century building materials.
The Roof of the building is made up of Hyperbolic Paraboloids joined to form a larger whole.
I met Sam Scorer, the architect, when in his late 70's. Still challenging and with a lively mind. Shame he's gone.
Building Address:
Little Chef Cafe, Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire
markham Moor, UK
NG10
Is it open to the general public?: yes
When was it built? (Approximate if you must.): 01/01/1953
What is the name of this building?: Little Chef Cafe
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