Ministry of Defence Main Building
The Ministry of Defence Main Building or MOD Main Building, also known as MOD Whitehall or originally as the Whitehall Gardens Building, is a grade I listed government office building located on Whitehall in London. The building was designed by E. Vincent Harris in 1915 and constructed between 1939 and 1959 on the site of the Palace of Whitehall. It was initially occupied by the Air Ministry and the Board of Trade before in 1964 becoming the current home of the Ministry of Defence.

By the 1990s the building was no longer considered fit for purpose and had become expensive to maintain. A major refurbishment was therefore undertaken between 2000 and 2004 through a contract under the private finance initiative.
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grade I listed
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Whitehall
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London
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E. Vincent Harris
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Palace of Whitehall
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Air Ministry
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Board of Trade
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Ministry of Defence
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Ministry of Defence Main Building
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1939
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1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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1964-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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2004-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2004
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