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David du Roi Aberdeen (1913 – 1987) was a British architect. In 1948, Aberdeen won an architectural competition to design the new TUC headquarters building in Great Russell Street, London.〔() 〕 Staff began to move into the offices in 1956 and the building was officially opened in 1958. The building is Grade II * listed. Congress House was officially opened on 27 March 1958 along with the unveiling of the sculpture by Jacob Epstein, intended as a memorial to the dead trade unionists of both world wars, in the courtyard. It was one of the earliest post-war buildings to be listed at Grade II *, in 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/botm/congress-house-london-wc1/ )〕 Aberdeen's other work includes the Aircraft Assembly Buildings at Filton, Bristol (jointly with Eric Ross), 1947-9, the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square, London, 1961-8,〔 and Shrewsbury Market Hall, 1965. ==References== 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「David Aberdeen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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