Aeroplanes

NOTES: This, the main pier of what is now the South Terminal, was built during the 1956-1958 construction of Gatwick. The north and south piers were added in 1962 during the second stage of development which was completed in 1965.

NOTES: Originally called the Eastern Apex Building, it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and renamed in her honour. It was demolished in 2009 to make way for the new Heathrow Terminal 2.

NOTES: This, the main pier of what is now the South Terminal, was built during the 1956-1958 construction of Gatwick. The north and south piers were added in 1962 during the second stage of development which was completed in 1965.

SOURCE: Architects' Journal, vol. 101, 1945 Apr. 19, p. 290 NOTES: The Aircraft Industries Research Organization on Housing (AIROH) developed a prefabricated house using aluminium alloy for the structural framework and external cladding. It was intended to convert wartime aircraft factories into factories manufacturing these houses.

NOTES: A later inscription on the verso of this drawing reads 'Stoleport Airport'.

NOTES: The German company Anchor Blocks (Anker Richter, owned by Friedrich Adolf Richter) began producing architectural toy kits known as Anchor Stone Building Sets in 1880. Each set of stackable building blocks was accompanied by instructional plans for the home assembly of the model. In around 1913 the company produced a range in the United States known as 'The Modern House' or 'American Bungalow' series, from which the example shown here originates. Each building plan represented examples of American suburban architecture.