Keeling House, Claredale Street
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Keeling House, Claredale Street
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 4 Jun 2011
By Denys Lasdun of Fry, Drew, Drake & Lasdun, 1955-59. High-quality work as one would expect of an architect of his calibre. There are four concrete arms grouped around a service core, each containing two-storey maisonettes, the theory behind this layout being that residents would get more light and privacy. It was also supposed to represent a vertical equivalent of the surrounding 'horizontal streets'. Grade II* listed. Tower Hamlets Council abandoned it in 1993, partly for structural reasons, but by a twist of fate Lasdun was brought back to help when new owners converted it into private housing in 1999-2001. He must have had mixed feelings knowing that something he had designed for people who could not afford to buy was now going to be firmly shutting them out.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.530777
Longitude
-0.061223