Tag: Institution
67. Toynbee Hall
Toynbee Hall was set up in 1884 by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The Barnetts took a different approach to tackling the poverty of Whitechapel (as mapped by Charles Booth in 1880s) by bringing graduates from Oxford and Cambridge to live and learn amongst the community and use their education to help them 'become their best selves'.
64. Modernist Brighton
Salads visited on Brighton Pride weekend. We visited three schemes; Hove Town Hall, Parkgate Span housing and Embassy Court.
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.
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.
31. RIBA
The SaLADS headed down to 66 Portland Place; an office building in Marylebone that serves as the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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.
24. Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament or the Palace of Westminster are arguably among the most iconic buildings that the Salads have visited.
20. William Booth College
The Grade II listed towers over Denmark Hill station.
18. Royal Greenwich Observatory
Built-in 1676, the Royal Observatory was an ode to architecture and astronomy. King Charles II commissioned the neo-classical design as a first purpose-built scientific research facility in Britain.
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.