Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz, the dismissed former manager of the Savoy Hotel, opened the hotel on 24 May 1906. The building is neoclassical in the Louis XVI manner, built during the Belle Epoque to resemble a stylish Parisian block of flats, over arcades that consciously evoked the Rue de Rivoli. Its architects were Charles Mewes, who had previously designed Ritz's Hotel Ritz Paris, and Arthur Davis with engineering collaboration by the Swedish engineer Sven Bylander. It was the first substantial steel-frame structure in London.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | ASTA-0026-0002 |
| Caption: | The Ritz London, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Charles Mewes & Arthur Davis, 1906. A front elevation of the Ritz Hotel lit up at night taken from Piccadilly, a Union Jack flag blows in the wind above. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 4597 x 3650 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 01/07/2013 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Andy Stagg/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | The Ritz London |
| Headline: | The Ritz London, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Charles Mewes & Arthur Davis, 1906. |
| City: | London |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | Charles Mewes & Arthur Davis |
| Architect Website: | |
| Category: | Accommodation |
| Building Type: | Hotel |
| Year of Completion: | 1906 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz, the dismissed former manager of the Savoy Hotel, opened the hotel on 24 May 1906. The building is neoclassical in the Louis XVI manner, built during the Belle Epoque to resemble a stylish Parisian block of flats, over arcades that consciously evoked the Rue de Rivoli. Its architects were Charles Mewes, who had previously designed Ritz's Hotel Ritz Paris, and Arthur Davis with engineering collaboration by the Swedish engineer Sven Bylander. It was the first substantial steel-frame structure in London. |
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| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | Hotel |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Full Frame |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | Street view |
| Time of Day: | Dusk |
| Interior or Exterior: | Exterior |
| Photographer: | Andy Stagg |
| Source File Name: | ASTA-0026-0002.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |