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The Palace of Westminster and Westminster Bridge in London. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its tenants, the Palace lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. Heavily rebuilt after two fires, the current building was designed in the Perpendicular Gothic style by Charles Barry.