Robin Hood Gardens in London

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Brutalist architecture housing estate post-war social housing

Robin Hood Gardens in London was a controversial post-war social housing estate designed by Alison and Peter Smithson, noted for its stark concrete architecture and ambitious but ultimately troubled vision of communal urban living.

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Label	Occurrences
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Robin Hood Gardens in London canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brutalist architecture ⓘ housing estate ⓘ post-war social housing ⓘ
architect	Alison Smithson ⓘ Peter Smithson ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ
capacity	approximately 200 dwellings ⓘ
completionDate	1972 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1968 ⓘ
coordinates	51.510°N 0.004°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
demolitionEndDate	2021 ⓘ
demolitionStartDate	2017 ⓘ
developer	Greater London Council ⓘ
hasFeature	acoustic barrier blocks shielding central green space ⓘ central communal green space ⓘ deck-access flats ⓘ external access galleries ⓘ rough-cast concrete facades ⓘ
hasPart	central landscaped mound ⓘ east block ⓘ elevated walkways ⓘ west block ⓘ “streets in the sky” ⓘ
heritageStatus	not listed ⓘ
imageDepicts	stark concrete architecture ⓘ
inception	1968 ⓘ
influencedBy	modernist social housing ideals ⓘ
locatedIn	London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ Blackwall, London ⓘ surface form: Poplar, London
locatedNextTo	Blackwall Tunnel ⓘ surface form: Blackwall Tunnel approach road
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter	Robin Hood ⓘ
notableFor	ambitious vision of communal urban living ⓘ controversial reception ⓘ problems with maintenance and social issues ⓘ
numberOfDwellings	approximately 213 ⓘ
numberOfStoreys	10 ⓘ
openingDate	1972 ⓘ
owner	Tower Hamlets London Borough Council ⓘ surface form: London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council
partOf	post-war reconstruction of East London ⓘ
purpose	social housing ⓘ
replacedBy	Thames Gateway regeneration area ⓘ surface form: Blackwall Reach regeneration scheme
significantEvent	campaign for listing by architectural heritage groups ⓘ partial preservation of a section by the Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ refusal of statutory listing by English Heritage ⓘ

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Peter Smithson → coDesigned → Robin Hood Gardens in London ⓘ

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Alison Smithson → notableWork → Robin Hood Gardens in London ⓘ

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Alison Smithson → designed → Robin Hood Gardens in London ⓘ

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