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Christ Church: Blue Boar Quad, St Aldate’s, Oxford; Powell and Moya, 1965-68, II

Strong concrete college residence developing from Powell and Moya’s work at Brasenose College. Several identical interconnecting units are arranged around different sized courtyards or quads. The design is a smaller version of the Cripps Building at St John’s College in Cambridge which was built at the same time. Recommended by English Heritage for upgrading to Grade II*.

Chapel, St Mary’s University College , Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, London; Sir Albert Richardson, 1960-63

A college chapel over another small chapel and crypt, the building is constructed of reinforced concrete and clad in brick and located prominently within the expanding campus. Recommended by English Heritage for listing at Grade II.

Wildwood, 12A Western Avenue, Poole, Dorset; Richard Horden, 1971-75

This house was built for a local lawyer by his architect son who was inspired by the American case study houses; a steel frame construction, Miesian in appearance, it features window walls and concrete block walls, while the courtyard is set out on the same grid as the house. The integration of the outside and the transparency of the architecture are vital components. Recommended by English Heritage for listing at Grade II.

38 Millfield Lane, Camden, London; Philip Pank, 1968-69

A private house near Hampstead Heath built for the literary agent Harvey Ünna, this is a two-storey flat-roofed building of load bearing brick set at the back of a garden, facing south. The interior is fitted with fireplace, shelving and features maple floors and a fitted kitchen and bathrooms. Recommended by English Heritage for listing at Grade II.

Upper Lawn, West Tisbury, Wiltshire; Alison and Peter Smithson, 1959-62

The Smithsons designed this house for themselves as a weekend retreat. The house incorporates the walls of a former C18 cottage. The extensively glazed two storey building was described by Peter Smithson as a ‘primitive solar energy pavilion’. Recommended by English Heritage for listing at Grade II.

South Winds, Cryfield Grange Road, Coventry, Midlands; Robert Harvey, 1965-66)

This is seen as Robert Harvey’s masterpiece; the architect designed around fifty houses, mainly in Warwickshire, this being an extremely elegant Wrightian example. The building is threatened by an insensitive extension to it important garden façade. Recommended by English Heritage for listing at Grade II.

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