Breakfast Television Centre | |
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Eggcup House | |
General information | |
Type | Television broadcast facilities |
Location | South of Camden Lock, London. |
Address | 17–29 Hawley Crescent London NW1 8TT |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°32′28″N 0°08′36″W / 51.541107°N 0.143351°W |
Completed | August 1981 |
Inaugurated | August 1981 |
Renovated | 2012–2013 |
Owner | TV-am (1983–1993) Paramount (1993–present) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 4 (from ground floor) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sir Terry Farrell |
Architecture firm | Farrells |
Breakfast Television Centre is the former headquarters of TV-am in Camden Town, London, which is now the European headquarters of Paramount. It was converted from a former car showroom in 1981 to a design by Sir Terry Farrell, and came to be known as Eggcup House because of plastic eggcups on the roof. It has since been extensively renovated. As a Paramount subsidiary, UK broadcaster Channel 5 has its headquarters in the building.