Friday, June 24, 2011

Housing for Pimlico

Hidalgo Moya and Philip Powell's Housing for Pimlico, 1947, in the Architect's Year Book 2, p. 140. These are not really internal reserves, so what are they doing here you might ask. If nothing else I wanted to put in at least one example of the extreme end of public open space as shared 'backyard space' in a housing block. There are no private gardens here, of course, and the housing blocks were intended to be 3-5 storeys. I don't think this estate was constructed (someone might be able to confirm or deny this).

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