Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO LONDON KEELING HOUSE CLAREDALE STREET BY DENYS LASDUN OF FRY DREW DRAKE & LASDUN 1955-59. HIGH-QUALITY WORK AS ONE WOULD EXPECT OF AN ARCHITECT OF HIS CALIBRE. THERE ARE FOUR CONCRETE ARMS GROUPED AROUND A SERVICE CORE EACH CONTAINING TWO-STOREY MAISONETTES THE THEORY BEHIND THIS LAYOUT BEING THAT RESIDENTS WOULD GET MORE LIGHT AND PRIVACY. IT WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT A VERTICAL EQUIVALENT OF THE SURROUNDING 'HORIZONTAL STREETS'. GRADE II* LISTED.TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL ABANDONED IT IN 1993 PARTLY FOR STRUCTURAL REASONS BUT BY A TWIST OF FATE LASDUN WAS BROUGHT BACK TO HELP WHEN NEW OWNERS CONVERTED IT INTO PRIVATE HOUSING IN 1999-2001. HE MUST HAVE HAD MIXED FEELINGS KNOWING THAT SOMETHING HE HAD DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY WAS NOW GOING TO BE FIRMLY SHUTTING THEM OUT. 2011 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) STEPHEN RICHARDS PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO SRV-14073 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Stephen Richards obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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