- Hallfield Estate
The Hallfield Estate is one of several modernist housing projects in
London designed in the immediate post-war period by the Tecton architecture practice, led byBerthold Lubetkin . Following the dissolution of Tecton, the project was realised by Lasdun and Drake in the 1950's. Construction took place in two phases during 1951-55 and 1955-58.The estate is at gbmapping|TQ260812, south of the Bishops Bridge Road in
Bayswater . It comprises 15 blocks spread over roughly 17 acres, a laundry (now used as the local Estate Office), and theHallfield School , also by Lasdun. Architecturally, the design shares much with similar Tecton projects of the period, including the Priory Green and Spa Green Estates, and theFinsbury Health Centre .Hallfield was designated a conservation area by Westminster Council in 1990.
References
* John Allan & Morley von Sternberg, "Berthold Lubetkin" (Merrell, 2002)
* John Allan, "Lubetkin: Architecture and the Tradition of Progress" (RIBA 1992)External links
* [http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin Design Museum page] about Berthold Lubetkin
* [http://www.westminster.gov.uk/environment/planning/conservationlistedbuildings/areaprofiles/hallfieldestate.cfm Westminster Council conservation pages] including [http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/Hallfieldmap.pdf this plan] (pdf)
* [http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/Hallfield.pdf Westminster Draft Conservation Area Audit Report for Hallfield]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.