Tag: Urbanism
62. Heritage Croydon
Croydon became a focus for post-war development in the 1960s. The masterplan was designed to be commercially ambitious where the Croydon Cooperation Act 1955 promoted building infrastructure and office development. This complimented a government policy that aimed to decentralise office development onto the periphery of the city.
61. Abode Housing
The Abode housing development by Proctor Matthews Architects was built as a gateway neighbourhood to the development in Great Kneighton in South Cambridge. The masterplan (by PRP) was designed for 3,000 homes which included two schools and a country woodland park that would connect to the new established science park.
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.
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.
42. City of London Tour
When the task of rebuilding the Square Mile after the devastation of World War Two was undertaken, the house style of British corporate architecture was modernism. The new City was to be constructed according to principles borrowed from Scandinavia and the Bauhaus, with buildings fashioned after the works of le Corbusier and van der Rohe.
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.