Bath Technical College
by John Graham In 1956 Frederick Gibberd established a branch of his private practice in Harlow in order to design key buildings in the new town but also… More…
Building of the month
St Olav Church, Trondheim
Ola Wedebrunn Trondheim is a city at the mouth of the Nidelva, a river on the west coast of central Norway. Its location has many favorable resources and… More…
Corner Green, Blackheath
Rob Whitlock In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War one of Britain’s primary concerns was dealing with an acute housing shortage. The scale of the problem… More…
Graycliff Estate
Stuart McKenzie At the start of Ayn Rand’s novel ‘The Fountainhead’, the reader is introduced to the protagonist Howard Roark just as he is being ejected from architecture… More…
Greenock Library
John Kennedy Located in Greenock, a large post-industrial town situated near Glasgow on the south bank of the River Clyde, Greenock Central Library was built in 1970. Positioned… More…
Sovereign House, Norwich
James Benedict Brown The threat of demolition has hung over our Building of the Month for several years. Like many provincial explorations in Brutalism, Sovereign House in Norwich… More…
Balfron Tower
Laura Chan The tabula rasa caused by the Blitz allowed the London County Council (and later the Greater London Council) to embrace the ideal of concentrated living, an… More…
Bispham tram stations, Blackpool
Dr Matthew Whitfield Building on the success of Allan Brodie and Gary Winter’s 2007 book, England’s Seaside Resorts, English Heritage is continuing its exploration of the significance of… More…
Kingsway Tunnel Vents, Merseyside
Text and photographs by Barnabas Calder All who take the celebrated ferry across the Mersey will be struck with the beauty of Liverpool from the water. The famous… More…
Strathclyde University School of Architecture
Frank Fielden and Associates with J.C. Cunningham by Ruairidh Campbell Moir The ‘Fun Palace’ idea by Cedric Price was a method of attacking the established order of institutions… More…