Modern London by Lukas Novotny

Author:Lukas Novotny
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Lion 2
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

067 Hyde Park Barracks

Basil Spence

1970 SW7 1SE 94M

The architect’s solution was to build a thirty-three-storey tower and couple it with additional lower blocks. He reasoned that the tall and slender tower wouldn’t block views of the park or cast a large shadow, which a lower and wider building slab would. The downside, of course, is that it is much more visible from the park.

Not far away is another Spence work – 50 Queen Anne’s Gate (068) was built on the site of Queen Anne’s Mansions, dating from 1877. The original building was extremely tall for its time and blocked views of the Houses of Parliament from Buckingham Palace. As a result, legislation limiting building height was introduced. There wasn’t much opposition when the unloved building was demolished in the early 1970s. But its replacement garnered outrage again, which uncommonly united the public and the political establishment. Spence, who was the design consultant on the project, was even accused by MPs of providing deceptive drawings.

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