Postwar Reconstruction
Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:
Coventry housing - house type plans, c1940
Coventry housing - opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941
Programme for the opening of the houses on the Canley Estate, Coventry on 18 December 1941 which was attended by the City of Coventry Housing Committee and the City Architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, representing the Coventry City Architect's Department.
Coventry housing - photographs of the Canley Estate houses, c1941
This file contains a set of 8 labelled black and white photographic prints (15.5cm x 18.5cm) of the housing scheme at Canley Estate, Coventry, and some of the associated negatives on one sheet. There is also a photograph (11.5cm x 12cm) of a planning drawing, probably of the Canley Estate, and 2 black and white photographic print (16cm x 21cm) showing a block of flats under construction.
Coventry housing - plans, c1940
Coventry housing - plans consists of:
- house type plans, c1940
- proposed nursery plans,4 June 1940
- panoramic view of Coventry,c1940
Coventry housing - press clippings, 1940-1944
This file contains press clippings and journal articles by Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson concerning Coventry City Council's experimental pre-fabricated housing and other new housing developments.
Elephant and Castle: assorted photographs and reports, 1955-1956
Miscellaneous material related to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The file contains: a draft report on the area, with accompanying correspondence; 4 black and white photographic prints (21cm x 30cm) of an architectural model of the area; a redevelopment brochure and an article published in the Municipal Journal concerning the proposed development.
Elephant and Castle: drawings, 1955-1956
5 copy perspective drawings (24cm x 37cm) of the proposed development at London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The drawings show the pedestrianised shopping areas and the multi-purpose office, shopping and entertainment development. The drawings are hand coloured. 2 are the same copy with differing hand colouring.
Elephant and Castle: plans, 1951-c1955
Plans of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle:
- CDA no 5 - Elephant and Castle, (1955)
- Elephant and Castle site no 1, (c1955)
- Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, (4 June 1951)
- perspective drawings, (c1955)