Stockleigh Court, Regents Park Road 1937 Robert Atkinson www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/speculative-...

Centre Point, New Oxford Street 1966 George Marsh of Richard Seifert and Partners modernist-london.weebly.com/centre-point...

Centre Point, the office block designed by George Marsh of Seifert & Partners, opened 60 years ago this week. Away from its Pop Art-influenced design, it came to stand for inequality and greed. Read all about the building here modernist-london.weebly.com/blog/empty-v...

Hendon Hall Court, Hendon 1966 Rodney Gordon of the Owen Luder Partnership

County Hall, Aylesbury 1966 F.B. Pooley & Malcolm Dean of Buckinghamshire County Council www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/county-hall....

Riverside Youth Club, Pepys Estate, Lewisham 1966 London County Council Architect’s Department

23 Strand on the Green, Chiswick 1966 Timothy Rendle www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/23-strand-on...

ICYMI This week's blog was on the subject of Charles Holden and how his work for London Underground in the 1920s and 30s with Frank Pick became known as Medieval Modernism. Read all about it here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/medieva...

Oakwood Underground Station 1933 Charles Holloway James www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/oakwood.html

Cockfosters Underground Station 1933 Charles Holden

Southgate Underground Station 1933 Charles Holden www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/southgate.html

Wood Green Underground Station 1932 Charles Holden

Charles Holden was born on this day in 1875. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, he transformed the look of the London Underground, alongside other designers, artists and craftsman, something that was labelled "Medieval Modernism” Read about it here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/medieva...

Arnos Grove Underground Station 1932 Charles Holden www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/arnos-grove....

Other buildings away from the official exhibition sites were also inspired by the Festival of Britain. One of these was 219 Oxford St, a tall thin commercial building by Ronald Ward & Partners, with reliefs by David Trussler, commemorating the Festival modernist-london.weebly.com/219-oxford-s...

The South Bank site of the Festival of Britain included a number of pavilions showcasing industry and technology. One of these was the Transport Pavilion designed by Rodney Thomas of Arcon. The pavilion contained various modes of transport and telecommunications equipment

Sad to hear of the passing of Peter Aldington. After working at the LCC, he designed a series of private houses, balancing modernist thought and traditional materials. His most famous house was his own, Turn End, built with others around courtyard www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/peter-alding...

The Festival of Britain also included a prize section, with awards given out for design. Many buildings were rewarded, including Newbury Park Bus Shelter, which had opened in 1949, designed by Oliver Hill to connect with the adjacent tube station. www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/newbury-park...

The ceremonial centrepiece of the South Bank Festival of Britain site was the Festival Hall, designed by London County Council Architect’s Department, led by Leslie Martin, Robert Mathew and Peter Moro. The building contains an auditorium, bars, restaurant and public galleries

Part of the Festival of Britain was its Live Architecture Exhibition area at Poplar, where the Lansbury estate had been built. The centre of the new scheme was Chrisp Street Market including the Clocktower at designed by Frederick Gibberd modernist-london.weebly.com/chrisp-st-ma...

The Festival of Britain was officially opened 75 years ago. Intended as a tonic to the nation after the war years, the festival centred around the South Bank, with pavilions and structures such as the futuristic Skylon, which we have written about here modernist-london.weebly.com/blog/skylon-...

Concrete Reliefs, Leon House, Croydon 1969 William Mitchell

Concrete Mural, Lee Valley Water Company, Hatfield 1965 William Mitchell Image from RIBApix

Derby Hill Estate, Forest Hill 1962 London County Council Arch Dept with concrete reliefs by William Mitchell

Sculptural reliefs, Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths 1964 William Mitchell

Mural, Islington Green School 1965 William Mitchell modernist-london.weebly.com/mural-isling...

The first May bank holiday is coming up, so why not use it to explore the modernist architecture of Metro-land? Our Guide covers the north west suburbs, detailing the best art deco, modernist and brutalist buildings. Get yours here modernisminmetroland.bigcartel.com/product/a-gu...

Fox’s Umbrellas, Moorgate 1937 E. Pollard & Co Shopfitters

S.Weiss Lingerie, Golders Green 1936 Erno Goldfinger Image from RIBApix www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/erno-goldfin...

Burton’s, East Street, Barking 1931 Harry Wilson of Burton’s Architects Department

London Shoe Company, Bond Street 1935 Robert Mallet-Stevens Image from RIBApix

Simpsons of Piccadilly 1936 Joseph Emberton modernist-london.weebly.com/simpsons.html

The menswear store Simpsons of Piccadilly was opened OTD in 1936. Intended to showcase the DAKS range of trousers, the flagship store was designed by Joseph Emberton, and featured interior design by Laszlo Moholy Nagy. Read more about the building here modernist-london.weebly.com/blog/elegant...

321 High Road, Leytonstone 1999 van Heyningen and Haward

Media Centre, Lords Cricket Ground 1999 Future Systems Image from RIBApix

Millennium Dome, Greenwich 1999 Richard Rogers Partnership

IMAX Cinema, Waterloo 1999 Avery Associates Image from RIBApix

Westminster Underground Station 1999 Hopkins Architects modernist-london.weebly.com/westminster-...

The garden facade of New Ways, Northampton (1926) by Peter Behrens. This side of the house would prove more influential than its front, with a number of houses borrowing its design for their facades www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/anatomy...

The latest edition of our Anatomy of a House blog goes back to the start and the first modernist house in Britain, New Ways in Northampton. It was designed by Peter Behrens for W.J. Bassett-Lowke, 100 years ago. Read more about the house here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/anatomy...

St. Michael and All Angels, Hackney 1960 N.F. Cachemaille-Day modernist-london.weebly.com/st-michael-a...

Clapton Park Methodist Church, Chatsworth Road 1957 Paul Mauger and Associates Image from RIBApix

St. Boniface, Whitechapel 1960 D. Plaskett Marshall & Partners modernist-london.weebly.com/st-boniface....

New Trinity Congregational Church, Poplar 1951 Handisyde & Stark Image from RIBApix

St Paul's, Bow Common 1960 Maguire & Murray modernist-london.weebly.com/blog/the-gat...

5 Byron Drive, Hampstead is due to be demolished and rebuilt by its owners. Designed by Michael Manser in 1962 for Rolf Schild, the house is hidden on a plot surrounded by trees. The house is two-storey, somewhat of a rarity for Manser who was known for his single storey designs

Barnfield, Surbiton 1938 Designed by R.A. Duncan and K. Hart for Wates and Wates www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/spec-houses-...

This week's blog explores The Village of Tomorrow, a display of speculative modernist housing at the 1934 Ideal Home Exhibition. Many of the houses were built around the suburbs as developers sought to sell flat roofs and white walls to the masses www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/the-vil...

77 Addington Road, West Wickham 1934 Designed by Kemp and Tasker for Morrell Builders Ltd

White House, Downage, Hendon 1936 Designed by Evelyn Simmons for Haymills Ltd www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/spec-houses-...