Highpoint I

Highpoint I is one of a set of two apartment blocks designed by the Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin and engineer Ove Arup in Highgate, London, in the 1930s. The block is situated on one of the highest points in London, hence the name. [ [http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article716046.ece High point of modern - Times Online ] ]

Highpoint I was built in 1935 for the entrepreneur Sigmund Gestetner. One of the best examples of early International style architecture in London, this block of 64 flats was very innovative in its day.

Another Lubetkin building in the same style, Highpoint II, was completed in an adjoining space in 1938.

Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected Highpoint as one of his eight choices for the 2002 BBC book "The Story of Britain's Best Buildings".cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/programme_archive/best_buildings_08.shtml | title=Choosing Britain's Best Buildings | accessdate=June 3 | accessyear=2008 | author= | last=Cruickshank | first=Dan | authorlink= | coauthors= | date= | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC History | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]

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External links

*http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin
*http://housingprototypes.org/project?File_No=ENG002
*http://www.open2.net/modernity/3_4.htm
*http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0409/culture_1-1.html