Buildings And Structures In Wandsworth
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Battersea Power Station, Brown Dog Affair, Wandsworth Bridge, Peace Pagoda, the Ascension, Lavender Hill, Southside Wandsworth, Wandsworth, Putney Bridge, Devas Club, Tooting Bec Lido, Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Wandsworth Common Windmill, Fazl Mosque, Alton Estate, Marco Polo House, Couper Collection, Du Cane Court, de Morgan Centre, New Covent Garden Market, Chez Bruce, King's College School Boat Club, Old Sergeant, Putney School of Art and Design, Tooting Bec Athletics Track. Excerpt: The Alton Estate is a large council estate situated in Roehampton , South West London .It comprises Alton East and the slightly later Alton West ; each estate having several separate neighbourhoods . The architecture is mainly split between brutalist architecture and its Scandinavian-inspired counterpart. The area comprising a crossroads which links Roehampton Lane, Roehampton Village and the estate is undergoing planning to be redeveloped by Wandsworth Council. The estate celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009. Alton West appeared in an advert for the NHS ' HPV Vaccine, also in 2009.Wandsworth Council intended to redevelop a significant part of the Alton Estate which involved the demolition of some of the structures which form the entrance to Danebury Avenue. In early 2010 the decision was withdrawn. Alton West At the time of its completion in 1958, Alton West was considered by many British architects to be the crowning glory of post World War Two social housing.What made Alton West so special at the time was its response to its setting. Built on a large expanse of parkland on the edge of Richmond Park , Alton West was a direct translation of Le Corbusiers idea of the Ville Radieuse or park city; sets of "point" and "slab" blocks being
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