Showing posts tagged "modernism"

Swiss Cottage Community Centre, 
c.1960, William Mitchell

Swiss Cottage Community Centre, 

c.1960, William Mitchell

Central Hall, University of York

1964, Andrew Derbyshire


Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth
1966, Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon

Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth

1966, Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon


Cultural Centre, Wolfsburg, DE
1959, Alvar Aalto

Cultural Centre, Wolfsburg, DE

1959, Alvar Aalto


Pimlico School, London
1967, John Bancroft

Pimlico School, London

1967, John Bancroft


Emmanuel Church, Bentley
1954, Lavender, Twentyman & Percy

I do love a good, mid-century church.

Emmanuel Church, Bentley

1954, Lavender, Twentyman & Percy

I do love a good, mid-century church.

Bus station, Preston

1969, Building Design Partnership

Alongside Birmingham Central Library it is one of the most acutely imperilled Brutalist buildings in the UK today.

Save Preston Bus Station


Uxbridge station, London
1938, Charles Holden (photo 1958)

My former home. Everything here is broadly the same as it was back then. 

Uxbridge station, London

1938, Charles Holden (photo 1958)

My former home. Everything here is broadly the same as it was back then. 


Hunstanton Secondary Modern, Norfolk

Peter and Alison Smithson, 1954

Hunstanton Secondary Modern, Norfolk

Peter and Alison Smithson, 1954

Beton Brute
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