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Though voted ‘the ugliest building in London’ in 2003 by some dullards, the tranquil waterside setting, complete with fountains and swaying reeds, renders it positively romantic. Or will the existing residents be forced out over time, as the place gentrifies? In LA, I became conscious of my absurd privilege in having grown up walking everywhere from the heart of central London, as well as the daily cultural education I received simply from living where we had lived: side-by-side with Bangladeshi, Ghanaian, and West Indian families, whose food smells and dialects warmed the landings of our damp communal corridors.Spreadeagled in the center of leafy Bloomsbury,
300+ quirky, unusual and secret London spots in an It’s the perfect example of form following function – the structure built to enable a holistic community of residents and modern life that still exists several decades later.It was to be a modern village – with family homes, shops and a cinema all within the same complex. See more ideas about Brunswick centre, Brunswick, Brutalist. One of London’s best remaining modernist, brutalist housing projects — the Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury— is currently undergoing a transformation. If the Brunswick had been built in the spirit of Le Corbusier’s declaration that a house is “a machine for living in,” then our manufacturer’s warranty must’ve long expired. While the space and architecture may always be a little less than perfect, I’m hopeful it’ll do well, as long as the place is seen as an ongoing development. Patrick Hodgkinson began to develop the concept for the design of The Brunswick Centre with his study of the Loughborough Road Estate in Lambeth by the LCC, where Sir Leslie Martin was the chief architect. Plan your day ahead or read the day's London headlines with our daily emails. The impact of its striking service towers and flying buttresses is softened by the sky blue and cream colour scheme, lending the whole development an almost breezy air.Designed by the wonderfully-named Erno Goldfinger (Ian Fleming appropriated his surname for the Bond villain, much to the architect’s chagrin), the equally loved and loathed Trellick Tower rears up majestically from west London and has featured extensively in television, music promos and film as well as appearing on mugs, bookends and t-shirts. The soaring towers and vast concrete volumes are also nicely contrasted by the warmly-coloured tiled paving.If you are an out-of-towner and are looking for somewhere to stay in London, how about the thoroughly Brutalist St Giles Hotel? Brunswick centre was designed by Patrick Hodgkinson in the mid-1960s, based on studies by Leslie Martin as a mixed development with an open shopping precinct complete with cinema and residential accommodation above. Built mainly in concrete, it stands out against its environment of Georgian buildings that are mainly seen in Bloomsbury, and is one of the prominent signs of Brutalism in London. IFM Photographic has uploaded 23688 photos to Flickr. Surrounded by the splendid neo-classical terraces of John Nash, The Royal College of Physicians holds it own and manages to be both elegant and entirely of its time. That, and the quaint obsession with owning your own house rather than living in an apartment, with only They’re reasonable interventions, on the whole, but entirely obvious, and devoid of any particularity of character. TIMELESS PIECES WITH A BRUTALIST TWIST. It replaced a few overcrowded terraces of Georgian houses on the estate of the Foundling Hospital. London’s most singular Brutalist developmentRestoration and renovation were soon to follow: the development was finally painted in the blue and cream colour scheme originally intended by Hodgkinson and a number of high-profile tenants (including Waitrose and Hobbs) moved into the commercial premises. Located in the heart of Georgian Bloomsbury replacing rows of Georgian houses which still surround the site the building (in true brutalist tradition) makes very little attempt to integrate itself with its historic surroundings and as a result is inevitably controversial (in true brutalist tradition).
But, successful as it is today, The Brunswick hasn’t always enjoyed such a stellar reputation.The most significant thing to take away from its renovation is that it mainly pushed forward with the design that Hodgkinson had originally intended – and is now a roaring success. One of London’s best remaining modernist, brutalist housing projects — the Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury— is currently undergoing a transformation. It was Hodgkinson who ended up designing the development. Mar 6, 2019 - Explore Alan Knight's board "Brunswick Centre 1970" on Pinterest.
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