Urban walk 20 May 2017: Lewisham to Mile End 51

Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar, London E14

 

Alison and Peter Smithson, completed 1972

 

"It has heroic scale with beautiful human proportions and has a magical quality. It practically hugs the ground, yet it has also a majestic sense of scale, reminiscent of a Nash terrace."

 

Richard Rogers, Lord Rogers of Riverside

 

c20society.org.uk/casework/robin-hood-gardens/

 

Done