Reinforced concrete by Frazzi for London flats : advert issued by Frazzi Ltd, London : in Architectural Review, September 1965
A 1965 advert showing the use of reinforced concrete in the construction of council or social housing at a time when several "system building methods" using such components was very much in vogue. The demand for housing, and the desire to satisfy it, in post-WW2 decades in an effort to clear slum housing and deal with damaged housing stock saw many local authorities look to construction methodologies and building types that gave the promise of quicker and cheaper construction. Sadly many such buildings have not stood the test of time although many still do survive as useful housing stock.
I can find little about Frazzo Ltd - they claim over 50 years of experience in the business which makes them a pre-WW1 company and I wonder if they were responsible for the Frazzi floor, a system that used steel filler joists set in cast coke-breeze concrete and capped with earthenware 'pots' that was a popular Edwardian construction detail. The buildings shown here are typical of many low rise, maisonette blocks built by councils. The upper image is of a block in Walthamstow built by the council's own Direct Labour force under the direction of Borough Architect F G Southgate FRIBA whilst the lower image shows one of the many blocks constructed by the London County Council (soon to become the GLA) here in Woolwich. This block was by architects Stewart & Penn FRIBA and built for the Council by Kirk & Kirk.
Reinforced concrete by Frazzi for London flats : advert issued by Frazzi Ltd, London : in Architectural Review, September 1965
A 1965 advert showing the use of reinforced concrete in the construction of council or social housing at a time when several "system building methods" using such components was very much in vogue. The demand for housing, and the desire to satisfy it, in post-WW2 decades in an effort to clear slum housing and deal with damaged housing stock saw many local authorities look to construction methodologies and building types that gave the promise of quicker and cheaper construction. Sadly many such buildings have not stood the test of time although many still do survive as useful housing stock.
I can find little about Frazzo Ltd - they claim over 50 years of experience in the business which makes them a pre-WW1 company and I wonder if they were responsible for the Frazzi floor, a system that used steel filler joists set in cast coke-breeze concrete and capped with earthenware 'pots' that was a popular Edwardian construction detail. The buildings shown here are typical of many low rise, maisonette blocks built by councils. The upper image is of a block in Walthamstow built by the council's own Direct Labour force under the direction of Borough Architect F G Southgate FRIBA whilst the lower image shows one of the many blocks constructed by the London County Council (soon to become the GLA) here in Woolwich. This block was by architects Stewart & Penn FRIBA and built for the Council by Kirk & Kirk.