Each month we highlight a building of our period, at home or abroad, that we think deserves attention.
Russell Jones (2006) Client: Clinton Greyn (1933-2019) Working at Paddington Library in 1984 I had no idea Clinton Greyn was a successful actor who had played a Victorian James Bond in the television series, Virgin of the Secret Service (1968) ...
MJ Long and Colin St John Wilson, 1965 Conduit Head Road, a wooded lane to the west of Cambridge, is full of architectural delights. Several 1920s villas, two by George Checkley and one by Justin Blanco White, line its southern stretch, while to t...
Richard Gilbert Scott, 1959 Biggin Hill sits atop an outcrop of the North Downs, now finding itself in the southernmost fringes of the London borough of Bromley, tucked just inside the M25. The parish church of St Mark’s originated in the early ...
Nicoll Russell, 1976-82 Between the late 1950s and the mid 1980s, the landscape of theatre in Britain was transformed by the construction of new theatres. From Inverness to Plymouth, Aberystwyth to Ipswich, these theatres were typically supported ...
Derek W Brown, 1963. by Lynn Pearson Why was Scunthorpe’s unusual and stylish co-op pharmacy totally ignored by all but the local press when it opened in 1963? Co-op buildings featured regularly in architectural journals between the wars, whe...
Black, Bayes and Gibson, 1965-67 by Valentino Danilo Matteis The Clore Pavilion for Small Mammals is one of the buildings that was planned during the rebuilding and modernisation of London Zoo, a process which began in 1956. The construction ha...
Lionel Brett (Lord Esher), 1967 At Christmas Common in the Chilterns sits a lofty house built for a lofty (yet always humble) figure, the architect and planner Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913-2004). James Lees-Milne, the queer architectural...
J. Sampson (Sam) Lloyd of Green, Lloyd and Adams, 1984-1990 The livery company halls that lie within the City of London comprise a remarkable collection of buildings, less well known than perhaps they should be. Their origins date back to the mediev...
German Architectural Federation (DBA) (architect-in-charge: Roland Korn), 1977-1990. In post-war Germany, the desire to rebuild “murdered cities” led urban planners, architects, and political figures in West and East Germany to propagate new com...
Russell Diplock Associates, 1964 Those arriving for the first time at Margate station often stare with disbelief at the 18-storey residential block which stands between them and the resort’s famous beach. The younger visitors (who tend to admire i...
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