NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 8: Housing' in Architectural Review, vol. 148, 1970 Sep. This was one of the first low-rise, high-density schemes in London and was commissioned by Westminster City Council. It was developed in three phases between 1964 and 1972. It was designated a conservation area in 1990.
NOTES: Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded by Clare College for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students, and opened in 1967. Erskine designed the complex like a concentrated village comprising twenty dwellings of six types with common and dining rooms, seminar rooms and studies, a basement car park, administration offices and kitchens on the east side of the site.
NOTES: The comedic performer and writer, 'Spike' Milligan (1918-2002), was invited to be one of the Architects' Journal's 'Men of the Year' for 1957. His home, an Edwardian house in Finchley, North London, was featured in the AJ, Vol. 125, January 17, 1957, pp. 107-109.
NOTES: The comedic performer and writer, 'Spike' Milligan (1918-2002), was invited to be one of the Architects' Journal's 'Men of the Year' for 1957. His home, an Edwardian house in Finchley, North London, was featured in the AJ, Vol. 125, January 17, 1957, pp. 107-109.