Architettura astratta in bianco e nero dell'edificio Isokon. Completato nel 1934 è stato il primo blocco modernista di appartamenti in Gran Bretagna. Londra. REGNO UNITO
2400 x 3600 px | 20,3 x 30,5 cm | 8 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 settembre 2023
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The Lawn Road Flats – also known as the Isokon Building – was the creation of Jack & Molly Pritchard and architect Wells Coates. It was the first modernist block of flats in Britain and pioneered the idea of minimalist, stylish city living. The compact ‘minimum flats’ occupy only 25m², whilst its restaurant and bar, the Isobar, provided a social hub for artists and intellectuals. Jack and Molly Pritchard occupied the rooftop penthouse and were instrumental in assisting and accommodating notable émigrés fleeing pre-war Europe. Isokon residents from this period included: Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus; Marcel Breuer, designer of modernist furniture; and László Moholy-Nagy, head teacher of art at the Bauhaus school. The three Bauhaus masters are now honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque. The building also attracted tenants like Arnold Deutsch, the NKVD (KGB) spy and recruiter of the Cambridge Five (a group which included Kim Philby). Between 1941 and 1947 the building was the home of Agatha Christie, a productive period of her life when she wrote several famous novels, plays and her autobiography. Source: isokongallery.org
