Thamesmead – water, grass, trees and parks
August 19th, 2011
A beautiful sunlit day, unlike yesterday which was overcast and raining, so off again to Thamesmead, this time to cover the bits I missed and to get some decent photographs.
Thamesmead South
August 18th, 2011
On a grey and overcast day coming on to rain I viewed the béton brut of Thamesmead and perhaps these were the ideal conditions to view a form of construction that has fallen from favour in housing.
Photo set on Flickr of Thamesmead South
https://www.flickr.com/photos/singleaspect/sets/72157627544886106/
A film about the development from 1970 Thamesmead and Plumstead Marshes on film
Thamesmead
August 18th, 2011
Train to Abbey Wood and bus to Thamesmead Centre, which is not incidentally in the centre at all but close to the river, on the NW of the site. After leaving Abbey Wood station the bus (B11) wove through the oldest béton brut part of the site passing all those concrete blocks, walkways and towers for which the estate is infamous.
Tanner Street Barking – Peter Barber
August 17th, 2011
More cogwheel toothed grey rendered pseudo Mediterranean terraced housing by Barber. Like Donnybrook it also has next to no defensible space for the most part. 
Alton West Roehampton
August 16th, 2011
A few photographs taken on a flying visit. This estate is covered comprehensively in City of Towers, High Rise Dreams, Homes for Heroes and Utopia London.
Bevin Court
August 16th, 2011
As part of a Lubetkin visit to the capital I went to see Bevin Court. It is an unusual and intriguing building tucked away and despite its size surprisingly well hidden.
Stonebridge Estate
September 14th, 2010
In the week before this year’s Open House weekend I toured London at some pace with the 2010 brochure in my bag, and this was one of the visits I made – Stonebridge Estate and Fawood Childrens’ Centre.
Stonebridge Hillside Hub
Photos from September 2010
https://www.flickr.com/photos/singleaspect/sets/72157627521049825/
Story of estate leading up to the regeneration
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/15/gang-wars-police-supergrass-help
Alexandra Road Camden
August 27th, 2010
UPDATE: Film of the estate at 8:00 Architecture_at_the_Crossroads
Made famous by The Bill on location, designed by Neave Brown under Sydney Cook as part of Cook’s Camden, and well known as one of a series of Modernist housing estates across London, Alexandra Road stands as a landmark both literally and metaphorically in the history of post war housing.
