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Modern Houses In The London Borough Of Tower Hamlets

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ImageAddressArchitectDateNotesReferences
Whitechapel (E1)
84A Ashfield Street E1David Adjaye2000An unusual positioning of windows, leaving a blank, windowless facade of plywood sheets. Called 'Elektra House' by the architects.
Stepney (E1)
Turnour House, Walburgh Street, E1 2NJJoseph Emberton1934Located off Bigland Street. White block of 15 flats. Most of the original windows have been replaced.
Chapman House, Bigland Street, E1 2NG1934White block of 19 flats. More conservative in style than Turnour House. Most of the original windows have been replaced.
Shoreditch (E1 & E2)
2-4 Chance Street, E1 6JTDavid Adjaye2002Photographed while still under construction. House and artists' studio for Sue Webster and Tim Noble. Also called 'Dirty House'.
11,13,15 and 17, Chance Street, LONDON, E2 7JBStephen Taylor Architects2006
17 Old Nichol Street, E2 7HRMaccreanor Lavington2005A block of three flats and one live-work unit.Architecture Today April 2006.
16 Club Row, E2 7EYThinking Space2001Neat, small house.
68-72 Redchurch Street, London E1Thinking Space2006Small block of flats.
Bethnal Green (E2)
Keeling House, Claredale St, E2 6PGFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1959A 'Cluster Block' of flats refurbished by Munckenbeck and Marshall. Listed.IoE 441463; NHGB p77; EH p528; NMR:TQ 38 SW 1276
Bradley House, Claredale St, E2 6PDFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1959Long slab block complimenting Keeling house.
23-25 Bacon Street, E2 6DYWilliam RussellBold glass and stainless steel house.
26-32 Bacon Street, E2Fifteen flats.
1 Elsden Mews, E2 9QFJones Wood Architects2002Located off Old Ford Rd. South facing entrance courtyard.
37 Voss Street, E2 6HPFeatherstone Associates2001Completely concealed behind existing high brick wall. For the architect (Sarah Featherstone).
52 & 54 Voss Street, E2 6HPTwo houses with bold stainless steel cladding and small roof terraces.
2a, b & c Garner Street, E2 9AQSean Griffiths of FATA late example of post-modernism. House and office for the architect.
Greenways Estate, Bethnal Green (E2)
Trevelyan House, Morpeth Street, E2 0PYFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Cluster block with butterfly plan. 24 maisonettes.
Sulkin House, Knottisford Street, E2 0RSFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Same design as Trevelyan House. Listed Building. IoE 471965; EH p524.
Jowitt House, Morpeth Street, E2 0RPFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Slab block of 8 maisonettes.
Sylvia Pankhurst House, Bullards Place, E2 0PUFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Slab block of 24 maisonettes over a nursery school.
Wedgewood House, Warley Street, E2 0PZFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Slab block of 20 maisonettes.
Jenkinson House, Usk Street, E2 0QEFry, Drew, Drake andLasdun1958Cranked slab block of 18 maisonettes.
Bow (E3)
56 Tomlins Grove, E3 4NXBill Dunster Architects2004Block of four low-energy flats. Called 'BowZED' by the architects. The rooftop elements actively rotate and swivel in the wind, giving a glimpse of how a future city roofscape could have thousands of elements shifting with the wind.
Limehouse (E14)
Roy Square, E14Ian Ritchie ArchitectsHigh density block of flats. Restrained design around courtyard garden.
1 to 21 Ropemakers Fields, E14 8BXProctor Matthews AssociatesA terrace of 11 houses. Developed by Rooff Ltd
1 to 6 Swallow Place, Newell Street, E14 7JWStephen Davy Peter Smith ArchitectsTerrace of 6 houses developed on a restricted site. For Palmerston Securities.
6 Newell St E14 7HRA postmodern house.
Isle Of Dogs (E14)
Dollar Bay, 1-18 Lawnhouse Close, London E14Scott Tallon Walker1997Waterside block of flats for Epsom Homes.
Rainbow Avenue, E14 3ARStout and LitchfieldLarge self-build scheme.
Houses, Ferry Street, E14Stout and Litchfield1975Group of riverside houses in two blocks. For Dr Michael Barraclough.NMR:TQ 37 NE 471
Poplar (E14)
Container City, Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14Nicholas Lacey And Partners2001Live/Work in re-used shipping containers.
Riverside Building, Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14ABK Architects2005Social Housing in re-used shipping containers.

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