Hammersmith and Fulham
The borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is probably not the first area in people's minds when they think of modernist architecture in the capital, but the area has a wealth of forward thinking design, from the 1930s right up to the 1990s. In Joseph Emberton’s Olympia exhibition centre extension of 1929 and Burlington Danes school from 1936 by Thomas Tait and Frederick Macmanus, it boasts two of the finest interwar modernist buildings in the country, although Olympia is currently undergoing redevelopment.
Like much of the capital, the Hammersmith area underwent a large period of rebuilding after World War II, with new estates being built by London County Council and its successor the Greater London Council. The most interesting of these is probably Malabar Court, an old peoples home by Noel Moffett, formed of hexagonal living pods. The borough also features a number of interesting post war churches, designed in a variety of fashions, from complex red brick forms of St Luke’s by Hutchinson, Monk and Locke to the lesser known collection of artworks by Polish artists at the Victorian-era St Andrew Bobola. Bringing us to the verge of the 21st century is Ralph Erskine’s The Ark office scheme, which looms over the Hammersmith Flyover, with its ship-like form.
Like much of the capital, the Hammersmith area underwent a large period of rebuilding after World War II, with new estates being built by London County Council and its successor the Greater London Council. The most interesting of these is probably Malabar Court, an old peoples home by Noel Moffett, formed of hexagonal living pods. The borough also features a number of interesting post war churches, designed in a variety of fashions, from complex red brick forms of St Luke’s by Hutchinson, Monk and Locke to the lesser known collection of artworks by Polish artists at the Victorian-era St Andrew Bobola. Bringing us to the verge of the 21st century is Ralph Erskine’s The Ark office scheme, which looms over the Hammersmith Flyover, with its ship-like form.