Detail View: SHIMMER: Whipsnade Zoo

Title: 
Whipsnade Zoo
Creation Date: 
1935
Image Date: 
1970 - 1979
Period: 
18th century ; 20th century
Location: 
Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
LUBETKIN , DRAKE , TECTON
Image ID: 
10-0388
Description: 
Exterior view: restaurant extension. Glass tile wall includes the entrance. The original building started life in the 18th century as a farmhouse, and was used by the zoo as a restaurant. Lubetkin, Drake, and Tecton built this modernist extension. Polo chairs by Robin DAY.
Rights: 
© Professor Peter Fawcett
Permissions: 
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 >."
Photographed by: 
Peter Fawcett
Creator: 
LUBETKIN, Berthold
Creator Dates - Born: 
1901
Creator Dates - Died: 
1990
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Creator: 
TECTON
Creator Dates - Born: 
1932
Creator Dates - Died: 
1990
Creator Role: 
Architectural group.
Creator: 
DRAKE, Lindsey
Creator Dates - Born: 
1909
Creator Dates - Died: 
1980
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Modernism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Chairs
Subject Heading: 
Zoos
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- England (Bedfordshire)
Subject Heading: 
Restaurants -- England