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Bletchley Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: the swimming pool with pyramidal roof seen from the enclosed bridge

RIBA50880
Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor
NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).

Bletchley Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: entrance to the enclosed bridge

RIBA50881
Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor
NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC). The enclosed bridge connects the leisure centre to the adjacent multi-storey car park.

Bletchley Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

RIBA50882
Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor

Bletchley Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: the enclosed bridge and the main approach to the leisure centre

RIBA50883
Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor
NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).

Hostel and housing, National Recreation Centre, Crystal Palace, London: the games / common room

RIBA50985
London County Council. Architects Department
NOTES: The hostel tower was designed as six hexagons surrounding a hexagonal open well and staircase providing accommodation for 130 students. The recreational student facilities were provided in nearby low-rise buildings. Staff accommodation consisted of detached houses in grey brick.

Hostel and housing, National Recreation Centre, Crystal Palace, London: the student dining hall

RIBA50986
London County Council. Architects Department
NOTES: The hostel tower was designed as six hexagons surrounding a hexagonal open well and staircase providing accommodation for 130 students. The recreational student facilities were provided in nearby low-rise buildings. Staff accommodation consisted of detached houses in grey brick.

Ambassador bowling centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

RIBA51002
Stevenage Development Corporation
NOTES: Stevenage was designated as England's first New Town in 1946, followed by the other London orbital developments of Basildon, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell. The development of the New Towns, built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London, was overseen by Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1888-1972), the Minister for Town and Country Planning from 1945 to 1950.

Ambassador bowling centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

RIBA51003
Stevenage Development Corporation
NOTES: Stevenage was designated as England's first New Town in 1946, followed by the other London orbital developments of Basildon, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell. The development of the New Towns, built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London, was overseen by Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1888-1972), the Minister for Town and Country Planning from 1945 to 1950.

Ambassador bowling centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire: the seating area at the foot of the ten-pin alleys

RIBA51004
Stevenage Development Corporation
NOTES: Stevenage was designated as England's first New Town in 1946, followed by the other London orbital developments of Basildon, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell. The development of the New Towns, built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London, was overseen by Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1888-1972), the Minister for Town and Country Planning from 1945 to 1950.

Ambassador bowling centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire: the ten-pin alleys

RIBA51005
Stevenage Development Corporation
NOTES: Stevenage was designated as England's first New Town in 1946, followed by the other London orbital developments of Basildon, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell. The development of the New Towns, built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London, was overseen by Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1888-1972), the Minister for Town and Country Planning from 1945 to 1950.
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