London Housing

A brief history of london housing and New Brutalist style architecture. Many images, historic and contemporary, and excellent soundtrack.

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[lhbear]

Absence of human scale

Visually oppressive building materials ( raw concrete in London's weather was a poor choice )

Difficult to create a " sense of community" in housing projects of such a large scale.

"Sky decks or streets " without a buffer zone between your apartment and the sky deck the result is a loss of privacy and a feeling of the shelter or flat being too exposed to public traffic.

[AsboDolche]

so true

[Alan Horton]

Ugly architecture.

[LukemanVW]

Good essay!