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"The severly stripped classicism of the Kendel Milne's store on Deansgate, a most uncharacteristic work of J. S. Beaumont (1939), remains, with the Barton Arcade, the best example of retail architecture in the city."
- from the passionate, insightful and recommended Manchester, by Clare Hartwell, 2001, p33

"A sublimely monumental block with splayed corners, clad in Portland stone. In the German style of store architecture created by Messel early in the century, but stripped down. Windows are vertical strips of greenish glass blocks with a barely perceptible camber introducing subtle curves and enlivening the stark elevations with reflected light." ibid p245

Perhaps a pre-cognition of Alexander Rodchenko's unique photographic perspective? There is a helpful article in The Guardian (although the print edition included striking photographs) and a promising exhibit at the Hayward Gallery.

The Architecture Directory is useful, and somewhat daunting, list of architecture groups on flickr.
Image by pmorgan