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1960s British Social Housing
Below is a selection of British social housing from the 1960s.
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Housing, Queen Elizabeth Square, Hutchesontown C, Gorbals, Glasgow
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NOTES: Hutchesontown C was the name given to a so-called Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) of an area of the city of Glasgow, designed by Basil Spence in 1960-1965. The design of the central 20-storey block was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation, Marseille. It was demolished in 1993.
Housing, Queen Elizabeth Square, Hutchesontown C, Gorbals, Glasgow
RIBA10406
NOTES: Hutchesontown C was the name given to a so-called Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) of an area of the city of Glasgow, designed by Basil Spence in 1960-1965. The design of the central 20-storey block was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation, Marseille. It was demolished in 1993.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield
RIBA15326
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield
RIBA15327
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Pepys Estate, Deptford, London
RIBA15747
NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep.
Pepys Estate, Deptford, London: the upper level walkways, shopping centre and one of the playgrounds
RIBA15749
NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep.
Pepys Estate, Deptford, London: low-rise and high-rise housing
RIBA15750
NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: close-up of a bridge connection
RIBA18230
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: The Pavement shopping centre
RIBA26493
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Design for the Brunswick Close Estate, Finsbury, London: aerial view of three housing tower blocks
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NOTES: The Brunswick Close project was approved in 1956 and consisted of three 12-storey towers (Brunswick, Emberton and Wycliff Courts).
Design for the King Square Estate, Finsbury, London: perspective view of a housing tower block (Block 2 - Turnpike House)
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NOTES: The King Square project was approved in 1961 and consisted of one 20-storey tower (Turnpike House) and one 17-storey tower (Rahere House).
Design for the King Square Estate, Finsbury, London: aerial view of housing blocks (including Turnpike House and Rahere House) arranged around the existing church of St Clement, King Square
RIBA36063
NOTES: The church of St Clement, King Square, was built in 1826 by Thomas Hardwick and was previously as St Barnabas. The King Square project was approved in 1961 and consisted of one 20-storey tower (Turnpike House) and one 17-storey tower (Rahere House).
Brunswick Close Estate, Finsbury, London: the high-rsie housing blocks
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NOTES: The Brunswick Close project was approved in 1956 and consisted of three 12-storey towers (Brunswick, Emberton and Wycliff Courts).
Carradale House (behind on the left) and Balfron Tower (rising in the background), Poplar, London
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NOTES: Carradale House comprises two low-rise blocks on the Finsbury Estate and was completed in 1970 while the Balfron Tower was completed in 1965.
J. L. Womersley at Park Hill, Sheffield
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NOTES: J. L. Womersley was City Architect for Sheffield from 1953 and led the team that planned and designed the mixed high-density housing developments, Park Hill (1957-1961) and the Gleadless Valley estate (1955-1962).
Park Hill Estate under construction, Sheffield
RIBA47229
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Children having a discussion on the Pepys Estate, Deptford, London
RIBA2798-21
NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield
RIBA18221
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: close-up of an access deck
RIBA18223
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield: a typical bridge connection between blocks
RIBA18231
NOTES: Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department led by J. L. Womersley.
Presentation drawing of block A (Trellick Tower) for the Cheltenham Estate, Edenham Street, North Kensington, London: section (phase I)
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NOTES: Edenham Street Housing (officially called the Cheltenham Estate by the Greater London Council) comprises Trellick Tower or block A (31 storeys), block B (7 storeys), a nursery school (abbreviated to NSE on the drawings), block C (flats), block D (terrace housing), block E (6 storeys) and an old people's home (abbreviated to OPH). The estate was built in two phases which began with blocks A and B in 1968. The second phase began in 1972.
