Headquarters of News International, 1 Pennington Street, Wapping, London (2024)

RIBA Ref No RIBA116642

Architect/DesignerGeorge Wimpey & Company Limited. Architects Department
Artist/PhotographerCharles, Martin (1940-2012)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1979
Image Date1983
ViewExterior
MediumNegative
Library ReferenceMC X 020183
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditMartin Charles / RIBA Collections
SubjectPrinting works ; Office buildings

NOTES: Printing works and offices, which replaced Daniel Asher Alexander's North Stack warehouses that lined the north quay of the London Docks.

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Headquarters of News International, 1 Pennington Street, Wapping, London (2024)

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Where was News International Wapping? ›

NOTES: Printing works and offices, which replaced Daniel Asher Alexander's North Stack warehouses that lined the north quay of the London Docks.

When did News International leave Wapping? ›

Rupert Murdoch's famous newspaper company News International completed the sale of its Wapping site to the construction firm Berkeley Group for £150m in May 2012. When News International moving out of Fleet Street to Wapping in 1986 it was a landmark moment for the British press.

What happened at Wapping? ›

In 1986, Rupert Murdoch introduced new technology, moving all News International publications to Wapping in London's docklands. Wapping – the Workers' Story, tells of the long running fight by members of the print unions in their attempt to save more than 6,000 jobs. “It was known as the battle of Wapping.

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