Two buildings named via acronym!
The SOAS Library is, to give it its full name, The School of Oriental & African Studies and is part of the University of London.
The IOE is the Institute of Education, the education school of University College London (UCL).
The buildings are across the road from each other and were both designed by Sir Denys Lasdun.
The IOE is also known as 20 Bedford Way
The IOE buliding work started in 1971, opening on 1975, whiles the SOAS was opened in 1973
I made a (rather half-hearted post sometime ago about the brutalism at UEA Norwich campus. It poured on me all the time I was there
The Albert Sloman Library, located on the University of Essex campus in Colchester, UK, is a striking example of Brutalist architecture. Built in the 1970s,
On my annual visit to Blackpool for the Rebellion Festival I popped out in the morning to have a look at the (now vacant) police
This is Terminus House in Harlow. Built originally around 1975 and designed by Principal Architect J C Whitney of the Harlow Development Corporation this office
This is a pretty decent primer on what Brutalism is, it’s history, it’s fall and now, possibly, its rise again.
My (slow) restart of this project stutted on last Sunday when I visited the Worsley Medical and Dental Building in Leeds (on the University campus)
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