29-15 / Eastleigh Walk

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt et al of the LCC, c.1955. Terrace of houses on Eastleigh Walk, in the Scandi Modern style. Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Hersham Close / Shawford Court

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt et al of the LCC, c.1955. Left, part of Hersham Close maisonettes and right, rear of Shawford Court. Alton East, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Eastleigh Walk / Pedway

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt et al of the LCC, c.1955. Pedway over lower-level garages at Eastleigh Walk, Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Eastleigh Walk / II

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt et al of the LCC, c.1955. Terrace of houses on Eastleigh Walk, in the Scandi Modern style. Seen from Alton Road, Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Eastleigh Walk / SW15

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt et al of the LCC, c.1955. East elevation of a residential block in the Scandi Modern style used for the low-rise dwellings throughout the Alton East development. Alton Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Hindhead Point / SW15

Architects: Rosemary Stjernstedt, A.W.Cleeve Barr and Oliver Cox of the LCC's Housing Division, 1955. Point block with in-situ concrete frame, the floor plates providing horizontal banding. Curved services enclosure on flat roof. Projecting balconies, with original panelling according to Grade 2 listing. Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Grayswood Point / Entrance

Lead architect: Rosemary Stjernstedt of the LCC, Ove Arup engineers, 1955. Entrance to a point block of 42 flats in Norley Vale. "The name point block was coined by the Alton East team and is derived from the Swedish punkthus" [source - Grade 2 listing]. The estate's massing and retention of planting from the earlier Victorian villas "epitomises the humanist tradition in post-war British architecture". Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth,

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Allbrook House / 2025

Architects: John Partridge and Roy Stout of the LCC, 1961. Slab block of flats and maisonettes with library in foreground. The latter also of reinforced concrete with a wavy roof-line comprised of thin shell concrete domes. Roehampton Lane Estate, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Allbrook House / Detail

Architects: John Partridge, Roy Stout et al of the LCC, 1961. Roehampton Lane Estate, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Shalden House / 2025

C.A. Lucas, K.J. Campbell, J.A. Partridge, W.G. Howell, J.A.W. Killick, S.F. Amis, J.R. Galley, R. Stout for the LCC, completed c.1958. Twelve-storey point block accommodating 44 dwellings, situated in the Tunworth neighbourhood of the Alton West Estate, within its Conservation Area. Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Danebury / Highcliffe

Contrast of the modest retirement bungalows in the Danebury neighbourhood with the heroic slab-blocks up on The Highcliffe. All designed by the LCC Architects Department, completed c.1958. Alton West Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Minstead Gardens / 2025

Modernist bungalows for the elderly, designed by the LCC Architects Dept., completed 1958, listed Grade II in 1998. Brick and concrete cross-wall construction, flat roofs with tall concrete chimney stacks. Behind, Mount Clare and point-blocks of the Tunworth neighbourhood. Part of the Alton Conservation Area. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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12 & 14 / Minstead Gdns

Modernist bungalows for the elderly, designed by the LCC Architects Dept., completed 1958, listed Grade II in 1998. Brick and concrete cross-wall construction, flat roofs with tall concrete chimney stacks. Part of the Alton Conservation Area. Behind is the Grade I listed Mount Clare designed by Sir Robert Taylor, 1772 and Placido Columbani, 1780, now used as a student hall of residence. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Charcot House / Pilotis

Architects: C.A.Lucas, W.G.Howell et al of the LCC, 1958, showing undercroft of Charcot House. Grade II* listed and part of the Alton Conservation Area. Highcliffe Neighbourhood, Alton West, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Charcot House / 2025

Architects: C.A.Lucas, W.G.Howell et al of the LCC, 1958. One of a group of 5 residential slab blocks, each comprising 75 maisonettes. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Unité d'habitation. Grade II* listed and part of the Alton Conservation Area. Highcliffe Neighbourhood, Alton West, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Winchfield House / 2025

London County Council's Architect's Department, Colin Lucas Architect in Charge, J A Partridge, W G Howell, J A W Killick, S G Amis, J R Galley and R Stout job architects. W V Zinn and Partners, engineers. Completed 1958, Grade II* listed 1998, including the abutting chimney. 'Probably the finest low-cost housing development in the world' (G E Kidder Smith). Highcliffe Drive, Alton West Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Flickr Explored / 2024

1. Turbine / Turbine Hall, 

2. Quinns / 2024, 

3. Hammersmith Bridge / 20241017, 

4. Ebury Bridge Estate / Renewal, 

5. Head of Invention / Paolozzi, 

6. South Dock / E14, 

7. Neckinger Estate / Arches, 

8. Walker House / Arch, 

9. 23 Harper Road / SE1, 

10. Broom House / TW11, 

11. Nonsuch Mansion / V, 

12. Skytree / from Asakusa, 

13. Winstanley Estate Murals / I, 

14. Tower Bridge Sunrise / II, 

15. US Embassy / Reflections 

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Defoe House / East Elevation

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1973. The residential block comprises 178 flats and maisonettes, including 24 roof-top penthouses. Behind is a glimpse of the 44-storey Lauderdale Tower (1974). Photographed from the Lakeside Terrace, outside Level G of the Barbican Arts Centre. City of London. 

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Shakespeare Tower / 2024

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1976. Grade II listed tower of 44 storeys, along with the low-rise Defoe House (1973) and the Barbican Centre (1982). Barbican Estate, City of London. 

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Cromwell Tower / 2024

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1973. The tower was named after Oliver Cromwell and contains 108 flats along with 3 penthouse maisonettes. Foreground, left, is the glazed conservatory which wraps around the theatre flytower. Right is part of CPB's Speed House, the first residential block to be built on the Barbican Estate in 1969. City of London.

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Colonnade / Bunyan Court

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1972, Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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Christmas Tree / 2024

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Electric Blvd / East

Left, detail of Prospect Place, Gehry Partners, 2022. Distance, left, St George Wharf tower, Broadway Malyan, 2014. Right, One Nine Elms, KPF, 2024. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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US Embassy / 20241206

Architects: KieranTimberlake, 2018. Sculpted ETFE skin over blast-proof glazing. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Vent / Vauxhall

London Transport Architects Department, 1977. Air vent for the Victoria line in a Brutalist style with vertically-ribbed concrete texture. London Borough of Lambeth.

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River Park Tower / Looking up

Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) Architects, 2024. Looking up at the 199m River Park Tower. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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One Nine Elms / 20241206

Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) Architects, 2024. 199m River Park Tower and 160m Park Hyatt London River Thames Residences tower. Also in view, the St George Wharf tower (Broadway Malyan, 2014). London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Sky Pool / Nine Elms

HAL Architects 2021, with engineering by Eckersley O'Callaghan and fabrication by Reynolds Polymers. The acrylic structure measures 25 meters in length and 10 feet in depth, with a water weight estimated at 375 tonnes. Located in Nine Elms, within the London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Sky Pool / Embassy Gardens

HAL Architects 2021, Eckersley O'Callaghan engineers, Reynolds Polymers fabrication. Acrylic, 25m long, 10ft deep, water weight said to be 375 tonnes. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Battersea Power Station / East

Originally designed by Leonard Pearce & Giles Gilbert Scott as a coal-fired electricity generating station. Built in the 1930s and extended in the 1950s. Now re-purposed as retail & residential (WilkinsonEyre). An observation elevator can be seen atop the northwest chimney. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Battersea Roundabout / Sculpture

Sculpture designed by WilkinsonEyre architects and fabricated by Littlehampton Welding Ltd (LWL), 2021. Galvanized steel, intended to represent the smoke plumes from the erstwhile power station's chimneys. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Untitled / 20241206

North end of Battersea Power Station, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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