Each month we highlight a building of our period, at home or abroad, that we think deserves attention.
by Alexandra Bullen Nearing Westbourne Park station, travelling west out of central London, the slender eastern profile of Trellick Tower incites little notice among the handful of housing blocks peppering the area. However, as the building looms la...
by Christine Hui Lan Manley Standing amidst a row of three-storey Victorian houses, Ashburnham Court – a modern housing development comprising fifty-four flats designed by Max Lock and Partners – is the first building encountered by those arrivi...
John Brandon-Jones, of Brandon-Jones, Broadbent and Ashton (Listed Grade II), by Alan Powers At first sight, this building looks like one of the many traditional civic structures that are usually seen as a hang-over from the 1930s. This one, at leas...
by Tim Livsey The University of Ibadan’s buildings present an interpretative labyrinth – but that’s what makes them so interesting. Planned and built between 1948 and 1958 to house Nigeria’s first university, the campus offers a spectacular ...
by Shahed Saleem When Hugh Casson and Neville Conder’s Ismaili Centre opened in 1985, it took a prominent place within South Kensington’s Victorian elegance, and symbolised the Ismaili Muslim community's identity and establishment in Britain. T...
by Jessica Holland Oliver Hill is recognised for his versatility as an architect, able to design in a range of styles, from Classical to Modern. Amongst his best-known Modern works are Joldwynds (1930–32) and the Midland Hotel (1932–33) in Morec...
By Matthew Steele At the end of June 2013, the building known affectionately by local residents as the ‘Toastrack’ was finally vacated by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Part of a major restructuring programme which has seen the univer...
by Otto Saumarez Smith Traveling northwards through Wood Green’s low-rise Victorian suburbia, it is a shock to come upon the massive scale of Shopping City (1976-81), which looms into view, a vast red brick colossus. It rises up on both sides of t...
by Alistair Fair Though the western fringe of Cambridge is home to a number of key twentieth-century buildings, including Churchill College and several Modernist villas, it is on the whole not an area of architectural distinction. Recent buildings f...
by Christine Hui Lan Manley The Churchill Gardens housing scheme by Powell and Moya in Pimlico was built as a result of a prestigious international architectural competition launched following the end of the Second World War. The competition attrac...
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