Welcome to RIBApix!
You have no items in your basket.
Close
Filters
Search

Hillfield (House A), Whipsnade Zoo Estate, Whipsnade: the entrance vestibule

RIBA Ref No RIBA49372
Architect/DesignerLubetkin & Tecton
Artist/PhotographerFelton, Leo Herbert (d. 1968)
CountryUK: England
CityWhipsnade
Subject Date1936
Image Date1936
ViewInterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceLubetkin Archive / 5024/36 (Felton BN 5801)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectEntrance halls ; Glass bricks ; Doors ; Architects' houses
NOTES: Designed as a 'dacha' or country retreat for Lubetkin and his family, the house was exempt from the usual planning regulations as it was located on the Whipsnade Zoo Estate. This allowed Lubetkin to compose a highly personal design intended to stand as a counter-statement to the theories of Frank Lloyd Wright about architecture and landscape. The house did not give the appearance of having grown naturally from the landscape. Indeed substantial excavation work was undertaken to make possible a flat lawn and a flat house. Like House B, although it still stands, House A has been substantially modified by successive owners.
*

Please describe how you will use the image including publication or exhibition title.

+ -
*
*
*
Close
)
CLOSE