INNOVATION IN 1960s ARCHITECTURE
The London County Council Architects’ Department housing REBUILDING POLICY URBANISM County of nationalisation London Plan pedagogy
POLITICS school meals Survey of London
Festival of Britain communities ECONOMICS ethos EDUCATION
This Is Tomorrow kitchen provision schools collaboration systems building ART commissioning INDUSTRY environmental fabrication concerns material innovation rationing housing REBUILDING POLICY URBANISM County of nationalisation London Plan pedagogy
POLITICS school meals Survey of London
Festival of Britain communities ECONOMICS ethos EDUCATION
This Is Tomorrow kitchen provision schools collaboration systems building ART commissioning INDUSTRY environmental fabrication concerns material innovation rationing GENEALOGY WATNEY MARKET ESTATE1968 County of London Plan
Royal Festival Hall
Alton Estate
CITY OF LONDON Pimlico School County Hall Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB
Alison and Peter Smithson Group One: Theo Crosby, Germano Facetti, William Turnbull, Edward Wright Group Two: Richard Hamilton, John McHale, John Voelcker Group Three: J. D. H. Catleugh, James Hull, Leslie Thornton Group Four: Anthony Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Emilio Scanavino Group Five: John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Denis Williams Group Six: Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison and Peter Smithson, Nigel Henderson Group Seven: Victor Pasmore, Ernö Goldfinger, Helen Phillips Group Eight: James Stirling, Michael Pine, Richard Matthews Group Nine: Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin and John Weeks Group Ten: Robert Adams, Frank Newby, Peter Carter, Colin St. John Wilson Group Eleven: Adrian Heath, John Weeks Group Twelve: Lawrence Alloway, Geoffrey Holroyd, Toni del Renzio
*commissioned by LCC *previously employed within Department GROUP TEN “The aim of our collaboration has been to explore the ground that is common to architecture and sculpture
We believe that the development of such collaborations may lead to a more integrated human environment”
This is Tomorrow exhibition catalogue pub. Whitechapel Gallery, 1956 WILLIAM MITCHELL
Commission for LCC Housing scheme, Dep ord 125 Park Road 1964
Blackwall Ventilation Shafts 1961-2, built 1964-7 LCC group leader Eric Hayes, job architect Terry Farrell INNOVATION + INDUSTRIALISATION Hermann Hat Factory Erich Mendelsohn
Luckenwalde, Germany 1920
sabbatical
Munkegård School Arne Jacobsen
Dyssegård, Copenhagen 1948-57
social
Bromley Hall School Bob Giles, LCC/GLC
Leven Road, Bow, E14 0GQ 1964-68 BROMLEY HALL SEN SCHOOL
Leven Road, Bow, E14 0GQ LCC/GLC 1964-68
publication ORPHANAGE Aldo van Eyck
Amsterdam, Holland 1960-1 BENTHAL PRIMARY
Paul Maas GLC Architect’s Department, 1966-67 MATERIAL
PHILIPPA FAWCETT TRAINING COLLEGE
John Bancro /Bob Giles 94/98 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2QB ELLIOTT SCHOOL
John Bancro Pullman Gardens, SW15 3DG
LAYOUT BENTHAL PRIMARY
Paul Maas GLC Architect’s Department, 1966-67 Pimlico School
John Bancro Lupus Street, SW1V
TECTONICS Philippa Fawcett Training School
John Bancro /Bob Giles 94/98 Leigham Court Road, SW16 2QB ALTON ESTATE Roehampton, 1958 Boundary Estate London Plan b.1900 b.1943
Alton Estate Royal Festival Hall Hook New Town Alexander Fleming Westway This Is Tomorrow House b.1949 b.1951 b.1957 b.1964 1956 b.1959
Robin Hood Gardens Walking City Trellick Tower TVAM b.1972 b.1964 b.1972 b.1983
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