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Mural commissioned by the Peabody estate at Thamesmead, London.
Iconic concrete flats overlooking South Mere (now to be redeveloped)
Thamesmead tower block overlooking Southmere lake.At the time tower blocks were thought to be able to answer the need for housing. Now they are condemned as being anti social. August 1970.
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Linear blocks of maisonettes at Binsey Walk, by the west of Southmere Lake. In the UK, the term 'maisonette' means an apartment on two (occasionally more) levels. Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley. More Thamesmead...
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A photographic study of Thamesmead located in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley.
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Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Twelve-storey residential blocks, concrete frame with pre-cast panels. Named, from right to left, Oakenholt House, Trewsbury House, Penton House and Osney House. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley. More Thamesmead... ©2011 All Rights Reserved
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I’ve long wondered what Thamesmead would be like if all the hopes and aspirations of the original planners and architects had been fulfilled. Seeing plans for developments around the forthcom…
Thamestown is a temporary scheme for the town of Thamesmead, a failed housing estate that is currently undergoing a major regeneration. The self-built scheme...
Housing association Peabody have recently undertaken consultation on plans to rebuild much of the iconic Thamesmead estate. A large amount was demolished a
Builder bags second phase of Southmere Village in south east London
“The GLC approached us when we lived in Peckham and they said they were looking for people to start this new town which was called Thamesmead,” says Terry Gooch, who along with Joan Gooch and their children Velia, then aged 11, John, eight and Tony, five, became the first residents of Thamesmead, London’s new … Continue reading "Thamesmead 1975: London’s Soulless City of The Future"
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