Bevin Court
Bevin Court is a housing project in Finsbury, London. It is one of several modernist architecture, modernist housing projects designed in the city in the immediate postwar period by the Tecton Group, Tecton architecture practice, led by Berthold Lubetkin. Following the dissolution of Tecton, the project was realised by Lubetkin, Francis Skinner (architect), Francis Skinner and Douglas Carr Bailey. The project was completed in 1954. Location Located in Cruikshank Street, London WC1, the scheme is built on the site of the bomb-destroyed Holford Square in Finsbury. It incorporates the main building of Bevin Court, plus the smaller Holford House (which echoes the form of its larger neighbour) and Amwell House (itself of interest as a modernist interpretation of the bay-fronted Victorian terrace). The group of buildings as a whole reflects Lubetkin's respect for the pre-existing urban environment, a characteristic that makes his work stand out from that of many modernist architect ...
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Bevin may refer to: *Bevin (name) Places Real places * Bevin Court, housing project in London * Bevin Glacier, Antarctican glacier * Bevin House, Victorian mansion on Long Island * Mount Bevin Slagle Ridge () is a high and massive snow-covered ridge between Slone Glacier and Burnette Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and name Slagle Ridge was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ..., Antarctican mountain Fictional places * Bevin, a neighbourhood of the D'ni caverns in the '' Myst franchise'' of computer games See also

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