Modernism in Metro-Land
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Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Are we about to lose another 1930s Great West Road Building? Article by Mark Amies (our speaker next month’s Art Deco in the Air. Aircraft, Airports and Poster Design. online talk) explains more. Here is the link for the full article: wordsbymarkamies.com/2026/07/17/a...
Mural, Gorsefield House, Birchfield Estate, Poplar 1962 Anthony Holloway
Draped Seated Woman Sculpture, Stifford Estate, Stepney Green 1957 Henry Moore
This week we are celebrating the numerous post war artworks commissioned by London County Council, and installed around various estates and other buildings in London. The artworks were designed by a range of artists, including Henry Moore, William Mitchell and many others buff.ly/WDCMQ6R
Last chance to book my talk for the modernist society! the-modernist.org/products/the...
the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.5 - Elizabeth Darling : Modernist Architects at BBC Broadcasting House 23/7/26
Thursday 24th June 6.15PM FOR A 6.30PM START BDP London 16 Brewhouse Yard Clerkenwell London EC1V 4LJ We enjoyed Bob's talk in manchester so much we thought we would treat our London friends to it too...
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66 Frognal, Hampstead 1938 Connell, Ward & Lucas buff.ly/bnM00Jo www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/66-frognal.h...
Sudbury Town Underground Station was opened on this day in 1931. It was the first of Charles Holden’s “Sudbury Boxes”, a brick ticket hall with a concrete roof, a form he would reuse with some of his most famous stations. Read more about the station and its design here buff.ly/63h5x3Z
Highgrove Estate, Hillingdon 1977 Edward Cullinan Architects Image from Cullinan Architects
1a Greenholm Road, Eltham 1966 Edward Cullinan Architects Image from RIBApix
Ticket Hall, Euston Railway Station 1968 British Rail London Midland Region Architects Dept. buff.ly/uyX9nJv
Harlow Town Railway Station 1960 British Rail Eastern Region Architects Dept. Image from Conway
Richmond Railway Station 1938 James Robb Scott Image from RIBApix
Sunday morning at Bounds Green station, opened as part of the Piccadilly Line extension of 1932. Designed by C.H. James, in a Charles Holden-style, the ticket hall has windows at each corner, turning it into an octagon shape www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/bounds-green...