Modern Architecture of the 1920s
and 1930s
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Bordeaux-Pessac, cité Frugès (Le Corbusier 1925)
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Bordeaux-Pessac, cité Frugès (Le Corbusier 1925)
CHALFONT ST PETER, CHILTERN,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE,
1933-4, designed by Mendelsohn and Chermayeff,
photo John Ling LRPS, on www.imagesofengland.org.uk
House near Kingston, E. Maxwell Fry, 1937.
Photo on cashewnut.me.uk,
A Miniature History of the English House by J. M. Richards.
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Rotterdam, Van Nelle fabriek,
Rijksmonument, Leendert van der Vlugt,
photo by F.Eveleens on Wikipedia
(1926-1930).
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The Hoover Building (1931-1935) by Wallis
Gilbert and Partners, Western Avenue, London.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
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The Hoover Building (1931-1935) by Wallis
Gilbert and Partners, Western Avenue, London.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
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The Hoover Factory (1931-5) by Wallis
Gilbert and Partners, Great West Road, London.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
The Casino at Blackpool Pleasure Beach designed by Emberton in 1939, photo by Gambitek on Wikipedia.
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The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
Designed by Joseph Emberton in 1931, photo by Duncan Grey (Wikipedia).
The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
Designed by Joseph Emberton in 1931, photo by Duncan Grey (Wikipedia).
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Villa in Sodra Angby in western Stockholm,
Sweden, Edvin Engstrom (1938),
Wikipedia.
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The Glass Palace, Heerlen, Netherlands,
Frits Peutz (1935),
Wikipedia
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Owen Williams, Express Building, Manchester (1936-39), photo by Stephen Richards on Wikipedia
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Owen Williams, Boots D10 Building in Nottingham (1930-32) photo by Alan Murray-Rust on geograph.org.uk (Wikipedia)
Oliver Falvey Hill, Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, photo by tom heyes on Wikipedia
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Addis Factory, Hertford (1935), photo on waymarking.com
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Chalfont House (1933-5) by E. Kingdom Rowe
and H. W. Binns, 19-21 Chesham St.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
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D6 (the 'Drys' building) 1935-8 by Owen
Williams on the Boots' campus at Beeston, Nottingham.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
Florin Court, London, photo by Hawkeye2011 on flickr
Florin Court, London, photo James Beard on flickr
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Former Daimler Hire Garage (1931) by
Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.
Photo by Jamie Barras, on flickr.
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Former Daimler Hire Garage (1931) by
Wallis, Gilbert and Partners,
Herbrand Street, Bloomsbury, London,
Photo by Jamie Barras, on flickr.
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Frinton-on-Sea, photo on conservingc20.files.wordpress.com
(1930s)
Link 1 >
http://adrianyekkes.blogspot.de
Link 2 >
www.myfriendshouse.co.uk
Link 3 >
www.flickr.com
Gillette Building, London, photo by Nick Weall, on e-architect.co.uk
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Glasgow, (former) Willow Tea Rooms,
Sauchiehall Street,
by Charles Rennie Mackintosh,
photo by Steve Cadman on flickr
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Former Beresford Hotel, Glasgow (1937-8)
by Weddell & Ingliss,
photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
Grand Ocean Brighton, photo Think BDW Ltd, on e-architect.co.uk
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'High and Over', Amersham, Buckinghamshire
(1929-31) by Amyas Connell of Connell, Ward and Lucas.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
Link > Album on flickr (Ruislip and Amersham)
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'High and Over', Amersham, Buckinghamshire
(1929-31) by Amyas Connell of Connell, Ward and Lucas.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
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High and Over, Amersham (1929) Image from
Amersham History,
on modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Link > http://amershamhistory.info/on-the-hill/high-over
Link > http://www.amersham.org.uk/highandover/index.html
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Houses (1935) in Kerry Avenue, Stanmore by
Gerald Lacoste.
Photo by Steve Cadman on Flickr.
Labworth Restaurant and Beach Bistro on
Canvey Island, Essex, England, 1932–1933,
photo by Oneblackline on Wikipedia.
Thomas Smith Tait, De Casa Maury house, Maida Vale, photo by Cnbrb on Wikipedia
Thomas Smith Tait, Houses in St John's Wood, London, photo by Cnbrb on Wikipedia
Thomas Smith Tait, Houses in St John's Wood, London, photo by Cnbrb on Wikipedia
London. Mid-1930's Houses on Wells Rise,
Photo by Steve Cadman on Flickr
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London. St Olaf House (1931) by H. S.
Goodhart-Rendel.
Photo by Steve Cadman, on Flickr
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Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel, St Olaf House, London (1931), photo by Panhard on Wikipedia
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London. St Olaf House (1931) by H. S.
Goodhart-Rendel.
Photo by Steve Cadman on Flickr.
London, St Olaf House (1931), photo by Leo Reynolds on flickr
Midland Hotel Morecambe,
photo by Robin Utracik on e-architect.co.uk
Princes House Brighton, photo by Niels Lehmann, on e-architect.co.uk
Rossmore Court London, photo by Niels Lehmann on e-architect.co.uk
Saltdean Lido, photo by Niels Lehmann on e-architect.co.uk
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Stockleigh Hall (1934-36) by Robert
Atkinson, Prince Albert Road, Regent's Park, London.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
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Stockleigh Hall (1934-36) by Robert
Atkinson, Prince Albert Road, Regent's Park, London.
Photo by Steve Cadman on flickr.
West Horndon, Essex, photo by John Winfield on geograph.org.uk
666 Frognal, by Connell, Ward and Lucas,
1938
photo on modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
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Connell, Ward & Lucas, 66 Frognal (1936-37), photo by Elena Grdesic on flickr
Londeon, 71-73 Great Portland Street,
Joseph Emberton, architect, 1937.
Photographed for the Survey of London by Chris Redgrave © Historic England
Link >
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/survey-of-london
London, Gwynne House from the south-east
in 2016. © Derek Kendall
Link >
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/survey-of-london
Scarborough cinema,
Photo on english-heritage.org.uk
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Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering, Odeon Cinema, Sutton Coldfield (1936), photo by Jimmy Guano on Wikipedia
Villa Marina Llandudno (Wales), photo by Callum Deckwa on Wikipedia
John Murray Easton, Former Water-Testing Laboratory in 2005, photo on british-history.ac.uk
John Murray Easton, Former Water-Testing Laboratory, Ground floor plan, on british-history.ac.uk
John Murray Easton, Former Water-Testing Laboratory in 1938, photo on british-history.ac.uk
John Murray Easton, architect, 1936–8,
Former Water-Testing Laboratory in 2005,
Staircase, photo on british-history.ac.uk
Burnet, Tait and Lorne, Royal Masonic Hospital, London, photo by Steve Cadman on flickr
Burnet, Tait and Lorne, Royal Masonic
Hospital, London,
three-quarter view of the administrative block. Process print, 1933, on
Wikipedia
Burnet, Tait and Lorne, Royal Masonic
Hospital, London,
three-quarter view of the administrative block. Process print, 1933, on
Wikipedia
2 Willow Road, Goldfinger House, photo by Elena Grdesic on flickr
Gropius/Fry, Levy House, London,
plans on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
Gropius, Frey, Levy House, London, garden view, photo on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
Gropius/Frey, Levy House, Some grey
cladding has been added, and that viewing platform has been filled in,
photo on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
Gropius/Fry, garden view, photo on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
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Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry, Old Church
Street, Chelsea (1936), photo by Elena Grdesic on flickr.
Some grey cladding has been added, and that viewing platform has been filled in,
compare it with the original photo below (left side).
The Mendelsohn/Chermayeff house in the
foreground,
the Gropius/Fry house further up the street,
photo on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
Cohen House is a private house on Old
Church Street in Chelsea, London.
It was designed and built in 1935–1936 by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and
Serge Chermayeff. (Wikipedia)
Mendelsohn/Chermayeff, plans of Cohen
House on Old Church Street in Chelsea, London.
plans on rbkclocalstudies.files.wordpress.com
Mendelsohn/Chermayeff,
64, Old Church Street, London,
photo on daveanderson.me.uk
Erich Mendelsohn und Serge Chermayeff,
De-La-Warr-Pavillon, Bexhill, 1933–1935,
Foto Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek,
photo on https://www.architektur-aktuell.at
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Serge Chermayeff, Gilbey House, London (1937), photo on ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk
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Lytton Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb (1934), photo by Elena Grdesic on flickr
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Maxwell Fry, Sun House, Frognal Way (1935)
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ACE (Odeon) Rayners Lane,
opened 1936.
designed by designed by Frank Ernest Bromige LRIBA (1902-1979),
photo by dusashenka on flickr
Link > http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk
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Brussels, Louis Herman De Koninck, the
Dotremont house (1932),
photo Quentin Collette on vub.ac.be
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