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50 Years of Robin Hood Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens under construction, Tower Hamlets, London
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NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep. This council housing estate covers about five acres and when completed consisted of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: the ten-storey slab block
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: the garden facade of the seven-storey slab block
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: detail of the facade of ten-storey slab block
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: the eastern block showing the wide access balcony
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: detail of facade
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London: detail of concrete mullion
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London, under demolition
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London, under demolition
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NOTES: This council housing estate in east London covers about five acres and consists of two long blocks, one of ten storeys, the other of seven, built from precast concrete slabs.
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Measured drawing of the Villa Madama, Rome: plan and section
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NOTES: This drawing is numbered X/18 in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection. It shows a plan of the executed portion, as well as an elevation of the terrace wall, of the unfinished Villa Madama, Rome, designed by Raphael and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.
C.I.A.M Conference 1947, Bridgwater, Somerset: group photograph of the participants on a visit to the Bristol Aeroplane Company, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Erno Goldfinger, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, and Wells Coates.
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NOTES: The Congres International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), founded in Switzerland in 1928 and disbanded in 1959, was the think tank of the Modern Movement. For a full list of the delgates depicted in this image see: Architectural Design, October 1947, p.258. See also: RIBA94519.
Alternative designs, design and contract drawings for Chapel Point House, Chapel Point, Cornwall, for John A. Campbell: plans, elevations and sections
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NOTES: Campbell originally intended to build a single house for himself but, owing to economic pressures, he built two more in the 1930s (Gate House and Point Head Cottage) and planned a whole development. The design for Chapel Point House evolved during the building process, becoming larger than originally envisioned. This image is a print with colour washes added.
Rothes Colliery, Glenrothes, Fife
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NOTES: Rothes was an experimental colliery for which Glenrothes, Scotland's second New Town, was created in 1948 to provide housing for the coal miners and their families. The pit closed in 1961 because of unstemmable flooding problems and a decline in coal requirements nationwide.
Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland: the entrance front
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NOTES: Cragside was the enlargement of a shooting lodge of 1864 into a large country house. The alterations took place in stages over the period 1869-1885.
Unexecuted design for housing scheme, Peterlee: layout plan
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NOTES: Lubetkin was architect-planner for Peterlee New Town, County Durham 1948-1950.
The Miner Comes to Town Exhibition, Central Office of Information (C.O.I.) Exhibition Centre, Marble Arch, London: the pit-head bandstand erected in steel scaffolding in Hyde Park
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NOTES: The designers associated with the C.O.I. for the various sections of this exhibition included: Peter Moro, Robin Day, Ronald Avery, Ian Chapman, Messrs. Davy and Chapman, Ronald Dickens, Gordon Cullen, Pauline Behr, W.F. Manthorpe. Misha Black was the Supervising Designer, James Holland the Chief Designer, and R. J. Harrison, Chief Architect, C.O.I.
Housing, Avon Road, Peterlee: one of the cantilever houses with car ports at ground level and maisonettes above
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NOTES: Peterlee New Town in County Durham was founded in 1948. The Peterlee Development Corporation, established that year under the direction of A. V. Williams, was responsible for its development over several decades. R. J. A. Gazzard was the chief architect responsible for this phase of the development while Daniel, Dixon were responsible for the design of the housing and Pasmore for the landscaping.
Jane Drew surrounded by local architectural associates including Manmohan Nath Sharma (seen here holding a cigarette) while in Chandigarh or Simla
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NOTES: This photograph is one of a number of Indian portraits collected by Dame Jane Drew. During the 1950s Drew, her husband Maxwell Fry and Pierre Jeanneret worked alongside Le Corbusier on the project to build Chandigarh, the new capital city of the state of Punjab.
Contract drawings for alterations and addition to Broome Hall, Capel, Surrey: first floor plan
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NOTES: Newton designed alterations and additions to a house built around 1830 matching the existing house. His additions consisted largely of a service wing.
Lillington Gardens Estate, Pimlico, London
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NOTES: This was one of the first low-rise, high-density schemes in London and was commissioned by Westminster City Council. It was developed in three phases between 1964 and 1972. It was designated a conservation area in 1990.
Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore: decorative iron railings
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NOTES: Palazzo Borromeo was commissioned by Carlo III in 1632 and dedicated to his wife Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. Construction of the house and design of its gardens was entrusted to Angelo Crivelli and completed by Carlo Fontana. The gardens were inaugurated in 1671.
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Bride of Denmark, 9-13 Queen Anne's Gate, London
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NOTES: The Bride of Denmark was created in 1947 in the basement of the offices of the Architectural Press (publishers of the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review) from salvaged elements of pubs damaged during the war or rejected by brewery owners.
Bride of Denmark, 9-13 Queen Anne's Gate, London
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NOTES: The Bride of Denmark was created in 1947 in the basement of the offices of the Architectural Press (publishers of the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review) from salvaged elements of pubs damaged during the war or rejected by brewery owners.
Preliminary design for Bristol Central Reference Library: perspective study for south-east corner
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NOTES: This neo-Tudor style library was designed by Charles Holden whilst working for H. Pery Adams prior to his becoming a partner in 1907.
Mathern Palace, Mathern: stone chimneypiece in the Long Parlour
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NOTES: This was one of the homes of architectural historian and garden designer H. Avray Tipping. The medieval country palace of the bishops of Llandaff was purchased by Tipping in 1894 who restored it over a period of many years.
Mounton House, Mounton: end of the forecourt drive
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NOTES: Mounton House was architectural historian and garden designer H. Avray Tipping's home from 1912 to 1922 although he had been developing a garden below the site of the house since the turn of the century. The house was designed by Eric Francis (who later designed High Glanau Manor for Tipping) with input from the client.
Designs for the Midland Bank, Leeds: sketch plan, elevations and sections
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NOTES: The scheme was never carried out.
Letter from H. G. Wells to William Dunk, builder, dated 19 August 1899, inquiring whether he would be interested in constructing his new house in Sandgate
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NOTES: Voysey designed Spade House for Wells in 1899 and Wells moved in in December 1900; an extension was added in 1903.
Bride of Denmark, 9-13 Queen Anne's Gate, London
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NOTES: The Bride of Denmark was created in 1947 in the basement of the offices of the Architectural Press (publishers of the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review) from salvaged elements of pubs damaged during the war or rejected by brewery owners.
Bride of Denmark, 9-13 Queen Anne's Gate, London
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NOTES: The Bride of Denmark was created in 1947 in the basement of the offices of the Architectural Press (publishers of the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review) from salvaged elements of pubs damaged during the war or rejected by brewery owners. The stuffed lion was donated by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Harefield House, High Street, Harefield, London: garden front
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NOTES: In the 1920s the house was owned by architectural historian H. Avray Tipping.
High Glanau Manor, Cwmcarvan
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NOTES: This house, designed for him by Eric Francis, was one of the homes of architectural historian and garden designer H. Avray Tipping.
Harefield House, High Street, Harefield, London: fireplace in the study
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NOTES: In the 1920s the house was owned by architectural historian H. Avray Tipping.
Publication drawings for Cromer Street housing estate, Camden, London, for the Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras: details of one-room flats
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NOTES: The scheme consists of blocks of flats arranged around Cromer Street, Harrison Street and Argyle Street.
Preliminary sketches for proposed bridge scheme, Charing Cross, London: rough sketches for a bridge head
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NOTES: The London County Council proposed moving Charing Cross Station to the south bank of the River Thames necessitating a new road bridge. Lutyens developed designs between July 1929 and circa April 1930, but the scheme was never carried out.
