Robin Hood Gardens / Demise

Architects: Alison and Peter Smithson, 1972. The end of the "streets in the sky" residential development at Poplar. Just 53 years old. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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← / LASDUN

Sign pointing the way to the Lasdun restaurant at London’s National Theatre. Venue named after the building's architect Sir Densys Lasdun. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

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NT 2025 / III

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

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NT 2025 / II

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Legacy Tower / E15

Architects: Suttonca, 2018, for Telford Homes. 33-storey residential tower with a crown of penthouses. Providing 182 apartments in Stratford Central, London Borough of Newham.

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Gravity Max / Lights

Array of strip lights suspended over the entrance to Gravity Max Westfield Stratford, which describes itself as a 67,000 sq.ft. urban theme park. London Borough of Newham.

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Westfield / Stratford City

General view of Westfield Stratford City from outside the London Aquatics Centre. London Borough of Newham.

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Marshgate / UCL East

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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V&A Museum / 2025

Architects: O'Donnell + Tuomey, 2024. Art and Design museum at Stratford Waterfront, East Bank. London Borough of Newham.

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ual: / 2025

Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2023, for the University of the Arts London. Utilising high volumes of recycled concrete, the building's design cue is C19 mill buildings. The new home for UAL's London College of Fashion. East Bank, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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Apples / Pears

Section of Stratford's East Bank development with swan boats stored for winter alongside Waterworks River. London Borough of Newham.

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Stratford Walk Bridge / Substructure

Underneath the bridge spanning Waterworks River. Originally built for the 2012 Olympics. Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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BBC / Music Studios

Architects: LLDC, Allies and Morrison, Flanagan Lawrence; Acoustics: ARUP; Engineering: AECOM, 2025. Three sound studios with control rooms and support space. BBC East Bank Studios, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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Eastbank / Elevator

Passenger lift connecting Stratford Walk to Carpenters Road below. Stratford Waterfront, East Bank, London Borough of Newham. 

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2 Redman Place / 2025

Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, 2019. Up to a ten-floor office building in Stratford’s IQL district. BREEAM Outstanding certification. London Borough of Newham. 

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NT / from Hayward

View of the National Theatre's fly-towers from outside the Hayward art gallery. The nearer fly-tower belongs to the Lyttleton stage; behind is the one for the Olivier theatre. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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NFT / Sign

Sign for the National Film Theatre (now properly known as the BFI Southbank) on the side of Waterloo Bridge, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Hayward / 20250121

West view. Designed by the GLC Department of Architecture, the Hayward Gallery opened on London's South Bank in 1968. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Eastleigh Walk / Detail

Lead architect: Rosemary Stjernstedt of the LCC, c.1955. Detail of modern-style housing at Eastleigh Walk viewed from Alton Road. Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Hersham Close / SW15

Architects: LCC's Housing Division, 1955. Double-stacked maisonettes on Hersham Close, Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Allbrook House / 20250109

Designed by John Partridge and Roy Stout of the LCC, 1961, a slightly later completion of the Alton West estate, although this was always in the masterplan as a marker block. Roehampton library slides through its undercroft. Unfortunately these buildings did not get included in the estate's listing and for reasons hard to comprehend, they have been slated for demolition. Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Danebury Ave / SW15

Architects: John Partridge and Roy Stout of the LCC, c.1961. Built where the West Alton Estate meets the East Alton Estate, flats and maisonettes over ground-level retail. Now boarded-up pending a regeneration scheme that, I believe, is now on-hold. Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Parkstead House / Reception

Modern reception building with, I believe, Computer Labs on floors 1 and 2, built c.2004 (poss. Sheppard Robson). An attractive addition to what is a Grade 1 listed Palladian-style villa of 1760, designed by Sir William Chambers. Now part of Whitelands College, University of Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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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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