London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946-1981

This book is a comprehensive photographic document of the London council estate, featuring 300 estates built between 1947 and 1981. It showcases a range of architectural styles, from prefabricated to Modernist designs, and includes over 30 protected historic buildings. The book celebrates the diversity of London council estates, championing the neglected and distinguished, and honoring their contribution to the capital's social and architectural fabric.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2024
Publisher: FUEL Publishing

The most comprehensive photographic document of the London council estate, with fascinating images from every London borough and the City, featuring some 300 estates built between 1947 and 1981.

Why are some London council estates considered notorious, while others are arguably the most desirable places to live in the capital? As the most comprehensive photographic document of the London council estate, this book provides an insight, featuring some 300 estates from every borough and the City.

London Estates features the first post-war housing in Paddington, Islington and Romford; the Modernist schemes in Finsbury, Bethnal Green, Poplar, Wandsworth, Camberwell and the Cities of London and Westminster; the acclaimed 1960s estates of Camden and Lambeth; and the lesser-known 1970s estates of Kingston, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon and Tower Hamlets.

There are designs from a broad range of architects including Denys Lasdun (Keeling House, Trevelyan House); Chamberlin, Powell & Bon (Golden Lane Estate), Erno Goldfinger (Balfron Tower, Trellick Tower); Basil Spence (Stock Orchard Estate, Tustin Estate), and Kate Macintosh (Dawsons Heights).

A huge range of architectural styles are represented – from prefabricated and ‘self-built schemes, to Modernist and brutalist designs, including over 30 protected historic buildings.

This book celebrates London council estates in all their diversity, championing the neglected alongside the distinguished, honouring their immeasurable contribution to the social and architectural fabric of the capital.

Weight: 910g
Dimension: 208 x 170 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781739887841