Glenkerry House, Burcham Street
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Glenkerry House, Burcham Street
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 4 Jun 2011
One of three distinctive buildings on this estate by Ernö Goldfinger for the Greater London Council, in 1965-67. This one isn't as uncompromising as the other two - it is more of a traditional slab, the concrete is leavened by the use of brick, and the slab even has rounded corners as if inside Goldfinger there was a secret Art Deco-ist trying to escape. Grade II listed. His other two contributions are Image] and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.513926
Longitude
-0.010774