Britain's relationship with the modern movement and its early landmarks is well established through buildings such as Highpoint or Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion. Less well known is the Bata Estate in East Tilbury, an interwar development that predates them all.

Developed by the Czech Bata Shoe Company, it was planned not just as a factory, but as a town for workers in an experimental modernist style. Many listed buildings remain today and so too a sizeable community that owes its roots to the development.

Discover more about this obscure modernist interwar landmark in a talk and discussion lead by Irena Murray, Director of the British Architectural Library.

Part of the RIBA's Home Season 16 February - 28 April 2012| - talks, displays, film screenings and more.