Tag: 20th century
64. Modernist Brighton
Salads visited on Brighton Pride weekend. We visited three schemes; Hove Town Hall, Parkgate Span housing and Embassy Court.
59. Thamesmead
The intention was for Thamesmead to be urban from the start, city-like and a new town on the marshes of the existing Woolwich Arsenal. The masterplan was a reaction against ‘Garden Cities’ the half rural pretty towns, and was envisioned to be an urban city within a garden.
54. Hopkins House
This extraordinary building was designed by Patty Hopkins together with her husband Michael in 1976 when she was on maternity leave. We were shown around the house by Abigail their daughter who explained over time how the spaces changed as the family grew up.
53. Dawson Heights
We were privileged to meet the female architect Kate MacIntosh who designed the social housing scheme Dawson’s Heights in the late 60s when she worked at Southwark Council.
49. South London Housing & The Ortus Building
Claire Bennie showed us around listed housing estates in Herne Hill from the 1930s private rented sector (PRS). Each flat has their own private garden and shared use of the communal gardens.
48. Walters Way
Walter Segal designed a system of timber framed building that allowed an person with little or no building experience to easily erect their own house.
45. Modernist Oxford
SaLADS were fortunate to have special access to a number of Oxford Modernist masterpieces including Arne Jacobsen's St Catherine's college, and Powell and Moya's Wolfson College both listed and with award winning recent extensions.
43. University of East Anglia Masterplan
At the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Peter Bilverstone the Estates manager gave us a very different take on an architectural tour - from the perspective of someone who looks after buildings for years after the Architect has taken their photographs and left.
40. Dorich House Museum
Now Grade II listed, the building was completed in 1936, to Gordine’s design, and is an exceptional example of a modern studio house created by and for a female artist.
38. Kenneth Armitage House
Kenneth lived and worked at Avonmore Road from 1959 until his death in 2002, it was the backdrop for his greatest professional achievements. Since 2005, occupancy of the house and studio has been awarded every two years to a different sculptor under a Fellowship scheme that Armitage himself initiated.
35. Brutalist Bloomsbury
On this walking tour we discovered a much lambasted building by the prolific but under-rated Richard Seifert, a pair of late and controversial works by Sir Denys Lasdun, Patrick Hodgkinson's acclaimed mega-structure the Brunswick Centre, and host of lesser known gems including an elegant 1960s theatre, a dynamic and remarkably preserved hotel in the international style and an uncompromising concrete chemistry laboratory.
30. Sarah Wigglesworth House & Office
This was a self build project embarked by architects Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till. The project is located at the end of a cul-de-sac adjacent to the railway line.
29. Camden Housing
Berwyn Kinsey, architectural historian and enthusiast led an architectural walking tour through Camden Council's affordable housing.
28. Turn End
Turn End is one of three houses designed and built in the 1960s by architect Peter Aldington in the village of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.
26. Civic Walthamstow
Our first SaLADS of 2016 started with a walking tour of Walthamstow to explore various municipal and civic buildings and public spaces.
25. Freemason’s Hall
The Freemason's Hall has been the centre of English Freemasonry for 230 years and is the oldest Grand Lodge in the world.
16. Kennington Walking Tour
Ellis Woodman led us on our first bespokely organised tour, showing us the architectural gems of Kennington and the Stockwell area.
14. Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians, which was founded in 1518 made a bold leap when choosing the daring Denys Lasdun to design their building.
13. 2 Willow Road
2 Willow Road in Hampstead, is a beautiful modernist home designed in 1939 by Modernist Architect and furniture designer, Erno Goldfinger.
12. De la Warr Pavilion
It is said that the De La Warr Pavilion in its typology was a pre-cursor to the Southbank - a ‘People’ Palace’ which would provide culture and entertainment to the masses.
11. Architectural photography tour
The SaLADS went on an architectural photography tour around central London.
9. Balfron Tower
Balfron Tower, Erno Goldfinger’s 27 storey counterpoint to his West London Trellick tower stands in the shadow of Canary Wharf.
8. The Homewood, Esher
The SaLADS took a trip to The Homewood, a modernist house in Esher, Surrey. Designed by architect Patrick Gwynne for his parents, The Homewood was given by Gwynne to the National Trust in 1999.
7. Lloyds of London
Built in 1986 and located in the heart of the City of London's historic financial centre, the Lloyds Building is one of London's most recognisable pieces of high tech architecture.
5. The Barbican
Construction started in the 1970s and the buildings in British Brutalist style were designed by Architects Chamberlain, Powell and Bon.