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Royal Opera House

Incisive Letterwork

Incisive Letterwork carved the original names in the granite wall at the Bow Street entrance in 1999. In 2007 a replacement slate was installed to celebrate the renaming of the Floral Hall to Paul Hamlyn Hall.
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Dolby Entrance Boulder (Close up)

'CUT' video about letter carving and stone

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