2-887-894 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

BAFTA Headquarters, Piccadilly, St James's, City of Westminster, London, 1976-1999. The auditorium in the BAFTA headquarters, with spherical Decca monitors suspended along the walls. A new centre for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts opened at 195 Piccadilly in 1976. Between 1883 and 1970, the building had housed the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The architect for the theatre's refurbishment, and the designer of the 26" Decca colour monitors which were suspended in the auditorium, was Brian Perry.