Detail View: SHIMMER: Finsbury Health Centre

Title: 
Finsbury Health Centre
Creation Date: 
1938
Image Date: 
1970 - 1979
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
London
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Display Creator: 
LUBETKIN , TECTON
Image ID: 
10-0394
Description: 
Exterior view: South Wing seen from Northampton Road. The Health Centre incorporated a wide range of medical facilities on one site and was commissioned by the Finsbury Borough Council. It was built before the National Health Service was set up. Tecton was co-founded by Denys Lasdun, Berthold Lubetkin, Godfrey Samuel, Francis Skinner and Lindsay Drake.
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 >."
Related Information: 
Tecton Architects. For more information see also < http://www.tectonarchitects.com/ >.
Photographed by: 
Peter Fawcett
Creator: 
LUBETKIN, Berthold
Creator Dates - Born: 
1901
Creator Dates - Died: 
1990
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Creator: 
TECTON
Creator Dates - Born: 
1932
Creator Dates - Died: 
1990
Creator Role: 
Architectural group.
Subject Heading: 
Modernism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- England -- London
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
International style (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Hospitals -- England
Subject Heading: 
Medical centres