Detail-Perfect scale models : advert issued by Bassett-Lowke Ltd., Northampton, UK : in Design magazine, June 1950
Many people associate the name of Bassett-Lowke with model trains and other such 'toys' as they were well known for their finely crafted miniature machines. Alongside that business was another associated skill; that of commercial model builder for publicity and exhibitions as seen here in this 1950 advert.
I wonder if this marvellous scale, cut-away model for British Steel Houses Ltd still exists? The building is known better as a BISF house, after the British Iron & Steel Federation whose members set up BSH Ltd in around 1946 to construct them. The house was designed by the eminent architect Frederick Gibberd not, as seen here, Frederick Gibbons, who was one of the most influential architects and town planners of the day and who is best recalled for his long term work at Harlow New Town, and who worked with engineer Donovan Lee to develop the BISF house. They were part of the post-war answer to critical housing needs that saw a number of different types of prefabricated or sectionally built structures developed under the Ministry of Works. Some were always designed to be temporary and many did prove defective over time but the BISF house was always intended to be 'permanent' and many still stand.
Detail-Perfect scale models : advert issued by Bassett-Lowke Ltd., Northampton, UK : in Design magazine, June 1950
Many people associate the name of Bassett-Lowke with model trains and other such 'toys' as they were well known for their finely crafted miniature machines. Alongside that business was another associated skill; that of commercial model builder for publicity and exhibitions as seen here in this 1950 advert.
I wonder if this marvellous scale, cut-away model for British Steel Houses Ltd still exists? The building is known better as a BISF house, after the British Iron & Steel Federation whose members set up BSH Ltd in around 1946 to construct them. The house was designed by the eminent architect Frederick Gibberd not, as seen here, Frederick Gibbons, who was one of the most influential architects and town planners of the day and who is best recalled for his long term work at Harlow New Town, and who worked with engineer Donovan Lee to develop the BISF house. They were part of the post-war answer to critical housing needs that saw a number of different types of prefabricated or sectionally built structures developed under the Ministry of Works. Some were always designed to be temporary and many did prove defective over time but the BISF house was always intended to be 'permanent' and many still stand.