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Fifties Neo-Vernacular

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Sally Stone

Small black and white prints found in the plan chest. I believe these show new buildings for Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk designed by Grenfell Baines & Hargreaves of Preston (later renamed Building Design Partnership) and photographed soon after completion … Continue reading →

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1968

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Something for transport/concrete enthusiasts: a set of discarded slides of Preston Bus Station during construction and soon after. The building is of course “about to be demolished” – perhaps the architects (BDP Preston) expected a forty … Continue reading →

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