Battersea Power Station Battersea Park Road London SW8

With the engineer S L Pearce, and in conjunction with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, J T Halliday was responsible for the first phase of Battersea Power Station 1929-34. Scott tarted up the elevations

Gilbert Scott was greatly inspired by buildings he had seen in America. When first built, Battersea Power Station had one 300 foot tower at each end, but the Power Station was later doubled, to create the four towers seen today.

The four great chimney stacks of Battersea Power Station, built in 1932, have become an indelible part of London’s skyline, terminating vistas along the Thames and commanding road and rail approaches to the city. The building's celebrated exterior was the work of prominent architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, famous for his monumental creations such as the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and the Bankside Power Station (now the Tate Modern). The Art Deco interiors by J. Theo Halliday, most notably the Control Room and Turbine Hall, are among the finest public works interiors of the era. More recently, Battersea Power Station has achieved international fame through exposure in popular culture, in particular as the cover shot of Pink Floyd's 1977 album, "Animals". The building has been abandoned since it was decommissioned in 1983.