Brief encounter

By Hugh Pearman Hugh Pearman Hugh Pearman 2008-04-01T00:00:00

Somerset House was the first purpose-built office for civil servants in the UK. So what’s it like as a workplace today, Hugh Pearman asks Alan Robson, surveyor to the fabric.

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