Mural, Erith Town Centre

1968-70

William Mitchell

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Mural, GPO Offices, Old Street

1967

William Mitchell

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Mural, Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths

1964

William Mitchell

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Artist William Mitchell was born on this day in 1925. After working for the LCC, Mitchell set up his own practice, producing hundred of works around the UK and beyond, many of which are now listed, such as his colourful mosaic work at the former Islington Green School from 1965

Concrete Screen, Abbey Wood Park, Greenwich

1962-7

A.H. Gerrard

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It’s been a year since London Tube Stations 1924-61, our collaboration with Philip Butler was published by Fuel Publishing, a showcase of the stations from the innovative period of Charles Holden’s & others designs for the underground. Get your copy here buff.ly/4bc1f7j

Faculty of History Library, Cambridge

1968

James Stirling

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Southgate Estate, Runcorn

1976

James Stirling & Partners

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Florey Building, Oxford University

1971

James Stirling

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Spent yesterday out and about in Orpington, Petts Wood and Beckenham for Modernism Beyond Metro-Land. Great to see the Odeon in Beckenham still showing films, going since 1930! To see more like this, sign up for guide here ⬇️🎬📚
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41 Gloucester Avenue, Camden Town

1968

James Stirling

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Brunswick Park Primary School, Camberwell

1962

James Stirling and James Gowan

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Engineering Building, Leicester University

1959

James Stirling and James Gowan

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The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley was opened 100 years ago today. A pivotal moment in the growth of the suburbs, the exhibition attracted over 27 millions visitors to the fields of Middlesex. Read more in the exhibition here modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/common-gr…

Langham House Close, Ham Common, Richmond Upon Thames

1958

Stirling & Gowan

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Architect James Stirling was born OTD in Glasgow in 1922. He met James Gowan whilst working for Lyons, Israel & Ellis and formed a short-lived but influential partnership. Stirling went solo, producing designs that moved away from modernism towards Pomo
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The former Dr. Johnson Public House, Barkingside, Redbridge

1938

H. Reginald Ross

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ICYMI, our blog from last weekend, A Pint Beyond Metro-land, explores the interwar modernist influenced public houses of the eastern and southern suburbs. Read it here buff.ly/3xHXaJm

Prospect Inn, Minster, Kent

1938

Oliver Hill

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Chez Laurie, Thanet Way, Herne Bay, Kent

1938

W.M. Bishop

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