The home of the BBC. The Architectural Review of 1932 described Broadcasting House as the "new Tower of London".
Designed by George Val Myer, it is strangely asymmetrical, which was not the case in the original architectural design, but Val Myer had to adapt his first plan because local residents complained about lack of light.This meant the building was symmetrical up to the sixth floor, and after that the building was sloped back.
Artistic commissions adorned the building, notably the statue over the front entrance of Prospero and Ariel (from Shakespeare's play The Tempest), by Eric Gill.
The boy Ariel is naked, and the story goes that there were complaints about the size of his penis - so John Reith, then Director-General of the BBC, ordered Gill to amend it.
The building is Grade II* listed.
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