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modern buildings in blackheath and greenwich 1950-2000
Published by Park Books, June 2024
‘An extensively researched and carefully designed tribute and guide to the post-WWII residential architecture of Blackheath and Greenwich.’
‘This deserving winner squarely hits the brief of architectural guide book. It is a thorough and ‘complete’ piece of work, brought to life by clear layout and provision of the context of all the architects and communities served. The inclusion of plans/drawings are really instructive, and provide a fantastic starting point for a conversation about the design of houses and housing – topical.’
‘A very welcome addition to the canon of British architectural guidebooks.’
‘The lives and stories of the architects and their buildings, of the people who lived and continue to live in them, whose influence spread far beyond the confines of this study, makes the case for its wider relevance and, I think, as a template for similar studies of other parts of London.’
‘Just past the introduction, the reader is presented with a double page web of all the designers, architects and developers featured, and the links between them. Whether they taught or were taught by each other, worked together, were friends, lived in a Span house or have their home appear in the book, the area is presented as a close-knit community of overlapping professional and personal lives.’
‘It’s remarkable how many of the modernist houses were built for the architects themselves, like John Vanbrugh had done with his quirky castle on Maze Hill.’
‘This is a very good book indeed, celebrating a monumental enterprise and serving as a model for other areas of comparable modernist architectural richness, if such may be found. It certainly will be indispensable for all historians of Blackheath and Greenwich and it should encourage other enthusiasts for local architecture to follow in the footsteps of Ana Sutherland, closely observing as they go. Everywhere has something to offer the urban flâneur: walk the streets and keep your eyes open.’
Span blackheath
A walking tour of Eric Lyons-designed Modernist housing in Blackheath. For Open City.
ARTICLES In the Blackheath Cator Estate Newsletter:
Summer 2024, ‘Charles Bernard Brown and the creation of Parkgate’ (with Rosemary Clements)
Spring 2023, ‘Architect and planner Rosemary Stjernstedt’
Spring 2023, ‘Charles Bernard Brown’
Summer 2022, ‘Lost Houses - 21 Morden Road’
Winter 2021, ‘Lost Houses - 115 Blackheath Park’
Summer 2021, ‘Hidden Corners - Span’