Tweed House, Teviot Street
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Tweed House, Teviot Street
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 4 Jun 2011
A splash of Brutalism dating from 1961 by the London County Council. Worked into the concrete in the recessed section are abstract patterns. Pevsner notes that, "its Civic Trust award of 1964 indicates the 1960s admiration for tough architecture on challenging sites". The building is currently empty and, no doubt because concrete is considered offensive to our delicate modern sensibilities, an application has been lodged to demolish it so that a new block of flats can be built on the site. The new development will contain twice as many dwellings so either they are each going to be a lot smaller or the building will be much bigger - I know which one my money is on. The building in the background is this one: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520583
Longitude
-0.010916