Photograph: Martin CharlesA place of pilgrimage for architecture students and film location scouts alike, Alexandra Road is still a startling sight. There he met a like-minded group who went on to become some of the pioneering social housing architects of their day. In each case, I didn’t think I was designing social housing, but just housing. Good London housing.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I didn’t think I was designing social housing, just good London housing’ … Neave Brown. There are signs that the recent reappraisal of Brown’s work is filtering through into a new wave of council-led housing projects.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2017 14:01 UTC