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:''This article is about Bush House, London. For Bush House, Bristol, see Arnolfini. For other uses, see Bush House'' Bush House is a Grade II listed building between Aldwych and the Strand in Central London at the southern end of Kingsway, which now serves as part of the Strand Campus of King's College London. 〔() Jack Grove (2015) Ed Byrne: 'new address is a defining moment for king's college london'. Times Higher Education accessed 10 September 2015〕 〔() Jack Grove (2015) King's College London to use former BBC World Service HQ. Times Higher Education accessed 10 September 2015〕 It is the former headquarters of BBC World Service radio. The BBC World Service broadcast from Bush House for 70 years, from Winter 1941 to Summer 2012. The final BBC broadcast from Bush House was the 12pm BST English bulletin on 12 July 2012. The BBC World Service is now housed in Broadcasting House in Portland Place.〔("Goodbye to Bush House, Episode 1", BBC World Service, London, 24 December 2011 ). BBC.〕 ==History== Sections of the building were completed and opened over a period of 13 years: *1923 – Centre Block *1928 – North-West Wing *1929 – North-East Wing *1930 – South-East Wing *1935 – South-West Wing The building was commissioned, designed and originally owned by American individuals and companies. Irving T. Bush gained approval for his plans for the building in 1919, which was planned as a major new trade centre and designed by American architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. The construction was undertaken by John Mowlem & Co.〔Mowlem 1822 – 1972, p. 6.〕 At least one stonemason, Frederick Horton (Death 17 Sep 1920, age 50) is known to have died during the construction, but overall the building had a very good safety record.〔(Conversation Forum for Bush House, London, UK, h2g2 ). H2g2.com.〕 The building's opening ceremony was performed by Lord Balfour, Lord President of the Council, on 4 July 1925. It included the unveiling of two statues at the entrance made by American artist Malvina Hoffman. The statues symbolise Anglo-American friendship and the building bears the inscription "To the friendship of English speaking peoples". Built from Portland stone, Bush House was in 1929 declared the "most expensive building in the world",〔(BBC Buildings: Bush House ). BBC. (1 January 1970).〕 having cost around £2,000,000 ($10,000,000). In January 1930, during the Bush House excavations for the South-East Wing, a marble head was uncovered from a pile of rubble.〔(Roman Head on Flickr ).〕 The head is an elderly, balding Roman man carved from Carrara marble. He has a finely chiselled face and a rather grim irritated expression. The point of his nose has been broken off, and his ears have been damaged. There are various ideas to its origin. It could be a remnant from a Roman bath or villa outside the walls of Roman London, or it could have been an Italian copy imported in the 18th century and used as a garden ornament. Old maps of the area show a large house occupying a site close by. The marble head is now on display in the Centre Block of Bush House. It has frequently been suggested that the building is haunted; there have been several reports of a hazy female figure drifting around the basement, an area which used to house the BBC bar and gym. After two Luftwaffe 800 pound bombs damaged Broadcasting House on 8 December 1940, the BBC European Service moved into the South-East Wing of the building; the rest of the Overseas Service followed in 1958. In 1944 Bush House suffered external damage from a V-1 flying bomb dropped on Aldwych. One of the Bush House statues lost an arm. The statue remained damaged until 1970 when an American visiting his daughter at the London School of Economics, which is nearby, saw the damaged statue. He worked for the Indiana Limestone Company and persuaded the company to send a new arm and a stonemason to attach it in time for the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.〔(The BBC Story: Bush House ). BBC.〕 The North-West Wing was formerly occupied by BBC Online until they relocated to the BBC Media Village in 2005, with some studio and office space being retained until 2008. Following its ongoing expansion and renovation programme known as the W1 Project,〔 the BBC also moved its World Service to Broadcasting House. The final broadcast from Bush was the 12:00 BST bulletin on 12 July 2012. All subsequent bulletins now come from Broadcasting House. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bush House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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