Detail View: SHIMMER: Harlow Housing
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Title:
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Harlow Housing
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Creation Date:
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1947
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Image Date:
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1950 - 1959
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1947
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Location:
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Harlow New Town, Essex
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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GIBBERD, Frederick
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Image ID:
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10-0315
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Description:
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Exterior detail: pedestrian court. Harlow New Town was created after World War II as part of orbital developments around London to provide housing for the overcrowded city. GIBBERD dersigned the masterplan for Harlow New Town in 1947. The town had both the first residential tower-block and the first pedestrian precinct in Britain. [ Background information from the RIBA Picture Archive - see < http://www.ribapix.com/ > for details ]
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Rights:
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© Professor Peter Fawcett
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Peter Fawcett
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Creator:
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GIBBERD, Frederick
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1908
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1984
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England (Cambridgeshire)
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Subject Heading:
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Housing -- England (Cambridgeshire)
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Subject Heading:
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New towns
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture, Domestic -- England
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