A black and white photograph of Northfields tube station with its rectangular ticket hall building
Northfields Underground Station
1932
Charles Holden
A black and white photograph of Northfields tube station with its rectangular ticket hall building
Northfields Underground Station
1932
Charles Holden
A colour photograph of Chiswick Park tube station with its circular ticket hall building
Chiswick Park Underground Station
1932
Charles Holden
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A black and white photograph of Park Royal Tube station, with its circular ticket hall and large square tower
And on the same day in 1936, Park Royal Station was opened. Designed by Felix Lander and Herbert Welch, it was built to serve the neighbouring Hanger Hill estate, also designed by Lander & Welch. Read about Park Royal here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/park-ro...
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A black and white photograph of Ealing Common station not long after it was opened
On this day in 1931, Ealing Common Underground Station opened. Designed by Charles Holden, it represented a move away from his earlier tube designs towards a more expansive idea of what a tube station could be. Read more about the stations here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/the-inb...
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A colour photograph of Dowgate Fire Station with its concrete facade
Dowgate Fire Station
1976
Hubbard Ford and Partners
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A colour photograph of East Greenwich Fire Station with its red doors and brown brickwork
East Greenwich Fire Station
1985
G.L.C Department of Architecture and Civic Design
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A colour photograph of the brutalist Bethnal Green fire station
Bethnal Green Fire Station
1969
G.L.C. Department of Architecture and Civic Design
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A black and white photograph of Clapham Fire station at night
Clapham Fire Station
1964
London County Council Architect’s Department
A colour photograph of the brutalist Shoreditch Fire station on Old Street
Shoreditch Fire Station, Hackney
1965
London County Council Architect’s Department
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A colour photograph of the modernist house at 32 Herne HIll, half covered in creeping ivy
32 Herne Hill
1936
Keller & Kompfner
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A black and white photograph of Frognal Close, designed by Ernst Freud
Frognal Close, Hampstead
1936
Ernst Freud
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Yes, I should have put that in the text. The photo is the garden side. There are four houses to that design, but three now have pitched roofs
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A colour photograph of the chauffers lodge of Miramonte, Coombe Hill
Chauffeur's Lodge, Miramonte, Coombe Hill, Kingston on Thames
1936
Maxwell Fry
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There were four houses in total, I think only one still has a flat roof, but they are all still there
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A black and white photograph of the garden side of the a house at Willowhayne Avenue, Angmering-on-Sea
Willowhayne Avenue, Angmering-on-Sea
1936
Eugen Carl Kaufmann
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A colour photograph of the art deco White House in Downage, Hendon
White House, Downage, Hendon
1936
C.E. Simmons
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A black and white photograph of one of three houses at Tewin designed by Mary Crowley
Our first Anatomy of a House blog of 2026 explores Sewell’s Orchard in Tewin, Hertfordshire, a pioneering group of three houses from 1936, by the equally pioneering architect Mary Crowley. Read more on the houses and her career here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/anatomy...
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A colour photograph of one section of the artwork designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for Tottenham Court Road tube station
Mosaics, Tottenham Court Road Underground Station
1986
Eduardo Paolozzi
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A colour photograph of a mural depicting a Concorde, designed for the platform of Heathrow Central tube station
Mural for Heathrow Central Underground Station
1976
Tom Eckersley
A colour photograph of a mosaic on the platform at Blackhorse Road station, depicting a black horse
Platform Mosaic, Blackhorse Road Underground Station
1968
Hans Unger
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Maybe the inspiration seeing as Sellars and Milligan both knew East Finchley?
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A colour photograph of The Archer statue at East Finchley tube station
The Archer, East Finchley Underground Station
1940
Eric Aumonier
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A black and white photograph of the archer statue at East Finchley with artist Eric Aumonier adding the final touches
The Archer statue by Eric Aumonier has stood over the passengers and trains of East Finchley station for 86 years, pointing the way to Central London and beyond. Read more on this icon of the tube network here www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/the-arc...
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The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68 Image © Morley von Sternberg
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
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A colour photograph of a decorative ventilation grille on the platform of Manor House tube station, above a station roundel
Decorative Grille, Manor House Underground Station
1932
Harold Stabler
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A colour photograph of a semi detached pair of modernist inspired houses.
Abbotshall Avenue in the borough of Enfield, a perfect example of the speculative modernist inspired housing that grew all around the suburbs in the 30s, and featured in our Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land.
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A colour photograph of the metal and glass offices at 66 St James Street
66 St. James Street
1979-84
Rodney Gordon
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A true icon! 🚗
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A colour photograph of the concrete car park section of the now demolished Tricorn centre in Portsmouth
Car Park, Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth
1966
Rodney Gordon of the Owen Luder Partnership
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A colour photograph of Hendon Hall Court with its angled concrete profile
Hendon Hall Court
1966
Rodney Gordon of the Owen Luder Partnership
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