Housing constructed using the YDG (Yorkshire Development Group) system
Architect/Designer | Richardson, Martin Barrington Newman (1929-2001) |
Artist/Photographer | Ray-Jones, Tony (1941-1972) |
Country | UK: England |
Subject Date | 1960 |
Image Date | 1965 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 30669/6 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Tony Ray-Jones / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Children's playgrounds ; Concrete ; Housing ; Prefabrication |
NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep. The Yorkshire Development Group was set up in 1962 to serve the housing needs of Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and Nottingham. Martin Richardson was the development architect for the group which developed a range of deck access dwelling plans and a medium-rise high-density concrete housing system. This housing is possilbly in Nottingham.
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